When President Joe Biden signed the Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act into law in September, it put a deserved focus back on the epidemic in the U.S. that is child abuse and, in some ways, strengthened the rights of plaintiffs.

Under the new law, survivors will not have to consider time limits when filing a civil claim in federal court. The new law applies when hearing civil claims related to sex abuse crimes against minors, including forced labor, sex trafficking, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children (such as sexual abuse images and child pornography).