A drug court is a specialized or problem-solving court-based program that targets criminal offenders and parents with pending child welfare cases who have alcohol and other drug addiction and dependency problems. It is money well spent.

Drug Injury Watch: January 2013 Fosamax Federal Court MDL Trial: Scheinberg vs. Merck: ONJ / Jaw Injury Case This May Be The Final Bellwether Case Trial For IN RE: FOSAMAX PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, MDL No. 1789 http://www.drug-injury.com/druginjurycom/2013/01/scheinberg-merck-fosamax-mdl-federal-court-trial-onj-january-2013-judge-keenan-sdny-new-york-city.html

Princeton Review has ranked Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, eighth for “Best Environment for Minority Students” and ninth for “Best Professors” in the 2013 edition of Best 168 Law Schools.

Hugh Hefner and girlfriend Crystal Harris got married for a third time on New Years Eve 2012. Hugh Hefner is best known for his Playboy empire And Harris is known as a model for Hefner's magazine. There are several estate planning lessons that can be learned from Hugh Hefner's later marriage.

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Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris were married on New Years Eve 2012. Hefner Is best known as the founder of Playboy Magazine and Harris was known as one of the models for the magazine.There are many lessons about divorce and family law that can learned from the events surrounding Hugh Hefner's latest marriage.

The Ellis Act, Cal. Gov. Code § 7060 et. seq., authorizes landlords to remove their residential units from the rental market. The city and appellants entered a settlement agreement which purported to waive appellants' rights to Ellis Act. Second District Court of Appeal (185 Cal.App.4th 771) held: Appellants' rights under Ellis Act could not be waived by contract. Appellants were not barred by estoppel.

When employee (EE) sued employer (ER) for discrimination, ER brought motion to compel arbitration signed by EE. EE said she was unwilling to sign the arbitration agreement when hired, but was forced to when ER said if you don't sign you won't be hired. The court held there was no procedural or substantive unconscionability in the arbitration agreement.

In a broadcast report concerning Plaintiff (P), CBS dramatized reports about P's conduct acting as court-appointed conservator of an elderly woman. When P sued CBS for defamation, CBS defended on Anti-SLAPP grounds. California Court of Appeals for the Third District held that Anti-SLAPP did not apply because: (1) as a Court-appointed conservator P is a “public official”, and (2) as a public official, P had to prove that CBS published defamatory statements about her with “actual malice” which P has not done. Judgment reversed.

Norman Schwarzkopf passed away after complications with pneumonia in December of 2012. Schwarzkopf was best known as the commander of coalition forces in Operation Desert Shield or the Gulf War in 1990s. There are several estate planning lessons that can be learned from Norman Schwarzkopf.