litigation

Legal advocates filed a lawsuit Monday alleging New York failed to release potentially vital safety policies governing its locked facilities.

Under a court settlement, New York must now guarantee Medicaid-eligible children access to timely mental health services in their own communities.

Michigan jurists call on lawmakers to protect parents from neglect accusations when they're unable to manage teens’ mental health crises.

A class-action lawsuit calls on the government to provide a "full accounting" of costs borne by tribes for Indian boarding schools.

Attorney Cynthia Godsoe says a New York case “sets a terrible precedent’’ that threatens to expand the state’s power over pregnant women.

A California pediatrician has surrendered his license after decades of accusations that he sexually abused foster youth and boys in his home. 

The October dismissal of Judge Janis Jack has court-watchers and advocates concerned about a chilling effect.

A lawsuit claims Illinois has for nearly two decades failed to provide special education services to young people locked up in adult prisons.

A class-action lawsuit alleges “barbaric” violence against youth with disabilities at Tennessee’s juvenile detention facilities.