The Latest Breaking News from Boy Scouts

Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: The Employer's Own Free Speech Rights?

As I mentioned earlier this week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments…

Reason · Aug 5, 2022

Boy Scouts ruling threatens $250 million abuse deal with Mormons

The Boy Scouts of America may be forced to cut $250 million from its proposal to set up a trust fund for sex abuse victims after a judge rejected a key provision of a deal the youth group signed with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022

Ruling leaves questions about Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but has rejected other provisions,  saying the organization has decisions to make regarding the plan

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022

‘It’s such a horrible thing’: devastating film examines sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts

In Leave No Trace, survivors speak about what they endured under the Boy Scouts of America, leading to the biggest sexual abuse settlement in history

The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2022

Scouts sell off camps under strain from sex abuse suits

As the financially struggling Boy Scouts sell off a growing number of campgrounds — conservationists, government officials and others are scrambling to find ways to preserve them as open space

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2022

Sage Steele Suing ESPN for Violating Her Free Speech Rights: A Quick Sense of the Law

NPR (Dustin Jones) reports on the lawsuit, Steele v. ESPN Productions, Inc. (Conn. Super. Ct.): During Steele's appearance on former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler's podcast, which aired Sept. 29, 2021, Cutler asked why she had a Band-Aid on her armp. She explained that she had just gotten her COVID-19 vaccine…

Reason · Apr 30, 2022

Boys Scouts bankruptcy judge approves sale of BSA warehouse

The judge handling the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the BSA’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million and lease back the property from the buyer

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

EXPLAINER: Thorny issues face Boy Scouts bankruptcy judge

A Delaware judge is facing a host of controversial and complex issues as she weighs whether to approve the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy reorganization plan

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Future liability releases at center of Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America say protecting local BSA councils and troop sponsoring organizations from future liability for child sex abuse claims is critical to the national group’s reorganization plan

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ lawsuit complaining of Boy Scouts’ adoption of gender-neutral language

NEW YORK — Tough cookies, a Manhattan federal judge told the Girl Scouts on Thursday as he tossed a lawsuit complaining that the Boy Scouts’ decision to go gender neutral hurts the the girl organization’s brand.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022