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Tax

Aug. 18, 2021

Taxing sexual abuse and harassment settlements

Are there still tax issues in sexual abuse and sexual harassment cases? You bet. Whether arising from clergy sex abuse, athlete sex abuse, scouting sex abuse or in other contexts, settlements for abuse have becoming numbingly familiar.

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

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Are there still tax issues in sexual abuse and sexual harassment cases? You bet. Whether arising from clergy sex abuse, athlete sex abuse, scouting sex abuse or in other contexts, settlements for abuse have becoming numbingly familiar. Many sexual harassment cases may have facts that are less graphic than abuse cases, but they can still be quite difficult. Sexual harassment might be verbal, physical or both, and it may impact victims in a variety of ways.

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