Major cases

California's lawsuit over harassment and discrimination at the video game company, and the settlements that followed.

Allegations spanning decades, the 2018 conviction and its 2021 reversal, and the civil suits that continued afterward.

Decades of abuse documented in the organization's own files, tens of thousands of claims, and the bankruptcy that created a $2.4 billion trust.

From the first cases in the 1980s and the Boston Globe's 2002 investigation to grand jury reports, diocese bankruptcies and multibillion-dollar settlements.

Government inquiries, prosecutions and Vatican reforms in Ireland, Australia, Chile, Germany, France and beyond.

Lawsuits over how church leaders handled reports of child abuse.

A Columbia gynecologist's federal conviction and nearly $1 billion in settlements with former patients.

Major sexual harassment and misconduct cases at large companies with significant litigation.

Widespread staff abuse at a federal women's prison, criminal convictions including the warden, closure and settlements.

Sexual harassment suits that ended the careers of Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly and led to settlements and workplace reforms at Fox.

The 2017 reporting that launched the #MeToo movement, the collapse of The Weinstein Company, and Weinstein's criminal trials, convictions, appeals and retrial.

How #MeToo reshaped the entertainment and media industry: major cases at studios and networks, lawsuits, criminal trials, and new laws and workplace rules.

The financier's 2008 plea deal, 2019 arrest and death, the Ghislaine Maxwell case, and the banks and institutions that settled claims afterward.

Government inquiries and lawsuits over the organization's handling of abuse reports.

The revelations about the broadcaster, Operation Yewtree's prosecutions, and the reviews into the BBC and NHS.

The sports doctor who abused hundreds of athletes, the institutions that failed to stop him, and the record settlements and reforms that followed.

Thousands of claims of abuse in county juvenile halls and foster facilities, and the record $4 billion settlement.

The 2023 law ending time limits on child abuse suits and the wave of claims against the state that followed.

Allegations against the former Harrods owner and the store's compensation scheme.

Criminal charges, more than 1,000 lawsuits and a state settlement fund over abuse at the state's youth detention center.

Allegations from hundreds of former athletes against a university doctor, and the long fight over the university's liability.

Abuse cases at churches, ministries and religious bodies with major litigation or inquiries.

Additional sexual abuse cases involving the University of Southern California.

The 2011 grand jury case against the former assistant coach, the cover-up charges against university leaders, and the sanctions and settlements that followed.

Two decades of allegations, the 2008 acquittal, renewed reporting, and the federal convictions in New York and Chicago.

The 2023 investigation into the comedian and broadcaster, the BBC and Channel 4 reviews that followed, and the criminal case in London, where he denies rape and sexual assault charges.

A 2023 lawsuit, the wave of civil claims that followed, and the federal criminal case against the music mogul.

Reporting on abuse in Southern Baptist churches, the 2022 independent investigation, and the denomination's fight over reforms.

Misconduct allegations against the casino founder and the regulatory fines, shareholder suits and settlements that followed.

From Tailhook to the Vanessa Guillén case and the 2021 overhaul of how the military prosecutes sexual assault.

A university gynecologist's criminal conviction and more than $700 million in settlements.

Child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford and other towns, the official reports, prosecutions and national inquiry.

The seven-year statutory inquiry into how institutions in England and Wales failed children, and the response to its findings.

Decades of abuse by a university doctor and the $490 million settlement that followed.

Decades of complaints about a University of Southern California campus gynecologist, the 2018 investigation that exposed them, and the criminal case and record civil settlements that followed.

Abuse cases at youth sports organizations and camps with major litigation.