The legislation, included in a larger bill about public safety, targets legal agreements that have kept survivors of sexual ...

The bill has been called “Trey’s Law,” referring to the late Trey Carlock, who died by suicide in 2019 after being sexually ...

A law that would prevent the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in civil settlements for sexual abuse victims is now ...

In an age when bipartisanship is all but destroyed, Leach led the Texas House to a unanimous 144-0 vote to approve a ban on using NDAs to require silence from survivors of sexual assault, aggravated ...

If signed by Governor Abbott, the law would apply to NDA’s already in existence. Those already in effect could be enforced if a declaratory judgment is made.

Several bills strengthening protections for sex crime victims and penalties for perpetrators nearly unanimously passed the legislature and are headed to the governor for his signature. HB 3073, filed ...

Six years ago, Elizabeth Phillips lost her brother, Trey Carlock. After winning his lawsuit against Kanakuk Kamps and Joe White, Trey Carlock was bound to silence by a nondisclosure agreement.

Alleged abuse by Gateway Church’s former lead pastor, Robert Morris, was cited as justification for this new Texas law.

His sister is pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements. The childhood desk of Trey Carlock inside his family home in Dallas. Mr. Carlock died by suicide after he was sexually ...

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has signed a bill into law (SF81) aimed at boosting public safety. The new law includes an increase in protections for victims of childhood sexual abuse, including a key ...