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Anyone seeking medical treatment in America’s healthcare system is likely to be asked to sign an arbitration agreement, regardless of whether they need a minor procedure or major surgery. Arbitration promises a faster, less costly, and more private way to resolve disputes between patients and their medical providers than traditional litigation – while foregoing some of the legal safeguards available to disputants in a court of law.

One of the advantages of owning a condominium rather than a single-family home is that repairs to common areas are handled by the homeowner’s association. But what happens if the HOA ignores that responsibility?

It seems to be human nature to hope we will be remembered after we die, so it is no surprise that many college campuses feature buildings that bear the names of affluent individuals whose donations were intended to preserve their memory.

Imagine you are an elderly widow who decides to ask a trusted advisor to serve as a court-appointed conservator, to help with your medical and financial decisions. Then a stranger, a neighbor you met just once for a few minutes while taking a walk, steps in and asks the court to appoint him to manage your affairs.

California provides strong legal safeguards for victims of financial elder abuse, including the ability to recover the legal fees incurred in protecting them. But what happens when the claims of financial elder abuse are unfounded?

Online shopping by American consumers now totals well over a trillion dollars a year. That means millions of times every day, shoppers complete a checkout process that almost always requires agreeing to a lengthy “terms and conditions” document that few buyers glance at or even think about.