Where our information comes from
We build these pages from four kinds of source, in descending order of preference:
- Primary court documents. Complaints, orders, verdicts, plan confirmations, JPML docket statistics, and settlement agreements.
- Statutory text. The actual language of a statute of limitations or a revival window, not a summary of it.
- Official announcements. County board actions, state attorney general press releases, settlement administrator notices, and regulatory inspection findings.
- Established reporting from outlets with editorial standards, for facts not available in the primary record.
We do not build pages from other law firm websites, from content aggregators, or from AI-generated summaries of any of the above.
Standing rules on how we describe things
- Civil allegations are described as allegations unless a court has entered a finding or a verdict.
- People are presumed innocent of any criminal charge unless and until convicted.
- A settlement without an admission is reported as exactly that, neither an admission nor an exoneration.
- A denial of Supreme Court review is reported as a denial of review, never as an endorsement of the decision below.
- A company’s denial is stated on the page where its conduct is described.
- Every figure carries the date it was accurate as of.
- We do not publish case values, per-claimant estimates, or predictions about outcomes.
How attorney review works
The editorial team builds the page from primary sources, recording where each factual claim comes from.
Chris Schroeder, Esq., admitted in Florida in 2001 (Bar #520381) and in the District of Columbia in 2013, reviews every legal page before publication. He checks deadlines, claim structure, jurisdictional accuracy, and how allegations are characterized.
The page publishes with a visible "last reviewed" and "first published" date, plus structured data recording the reviewer and both dates.
Case pages are checked against their dockets and re-reviewed when the record moves: a verdict, a ruling, a settlement, a new filing wave, or a change in the governing statute.
Pages written by the editorial team that contain no legal guidance, the support pages being the clearest example, are marked as written by the editorial team rather than attributed to attorney review, because claiming legal review of something that is not legal content would be misleading.
How often pages are updated
| Page type | Review cadence | Triggered by |
|---|---|---|
| Active case pages | Ongoing | Docket movement, verdicts, rulings, settlements, new filing waves |
| Statute of limitations reference | At least quarterly | Any state amending its deadline or opening a window |
| Legal guides | At least annually | Changes in procedure or governing law |
| Support pages | At least annually | Changes to hotline numbers, services, or treatment guidance |
| Closed cases | Retained with status | Marked closed rather than deleted, so the record stays available |
Corrections
If something here is wrong, we want to know and we will fix it. Email leads@sexualabusecenter.com with the page and what is incorrect. A source is helpful but not required. Factual errors are corrected as soon as we can verify the correct information.
Substantive corrections, meaning anything that changes what a page says, are noted on the page itself. We do not silently rewrite history. Typographical and formatting fixes are made without a note. If you are a party or a company described on this site and believe a characterization is unfair, write to us and we will review it against the primary record.
On AI
We use software tools in research and drafting, as most publishers now do. Every factual claim on this site is verified against a primary source by a person, and every legal page is reviewed by a licensed attorney before publication. We do not publish machine-generated summaries of legal questions unchecked, because in this subject area a plausible-sounding wrong answer about a filing deadline can cost someone their claim permanently.
What this site cannot do
It cannot tell you whether you have a case, what your deadline is, or what a claim is worth. Those depend on facts specific to you. Everything here is general legal information, and reading it does not create an attorney–client relationship. See our full disclaimer.
