The 170,000-plus-member union IATSE, which represents animators, editors and cinematographers alike, is the first major Hollywood labor group to weigh in about the dismissal of Shira Perlmutter.

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The law raises significant First Amendment questions and could reshape how religious confidentiality is handled across the U.S. While clergy are mandated reporters in most states, the majority ...

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Last week, Gov. Robert Ferguson (D-WA) signed a law that requires clergy members to be mandated reporters, or those who are required to report suspected child abuse. The new law does not make room ...

Clergy are considered mandated reporters in a majority of states, meaning they are legally obligated to report to authorities if they suspect a child is being abused. In most states, however ...

The hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All adults are mandated reporters in Indiana. A Brownsburg day care center knew about sexual abuse allegations against an employee for ...

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A new Washington law requires Catholic priests and other religious community leaders of different faiths to report potential child abuse to state authorities.

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"I really wonder about all the children who have been abused and neglected and have gone unprotected by the adults in their lives because we didn't have a mandated reporter law and that we ...