New Alzheimer’s Study Re Treatment

A new Alzheimer’s study will focus on treatment, Click Here For Article.

New E-Discovery and Social Media Case – A Good Reminder

The following is a link to JD Supra’s post from Cullen and Dykman about a new case, regarding e-discovery and social media – a good, brief summary reminder for litigation attorneys, particularly in trust, estate and elder cases where family dynamics and emotions can be at issue, and people sometimes talk or express themselves through social media Click Here.

Dave Tate, Esq. (San Francisco)

Holding the Line on Charging Older People Higher Insurance Rates Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Limit on health insurance rates for older (over age 50) adults limited to 3 times the rates for younger adults under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Click Here for Article.

New Case – Service of Will Contest Pleading on the Attorney for the Party Who Filed the Petition for Probate was Sufficient Service; Estate of Moss

Estate of Moss (California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Case No. D058547, March 20, 2012)

Holding that service of a will contest pleading on the attorney for the party who filed the earlier petition to probate the will that was being contested was sufficient service as the attorney for the party who filed the petition for probate was that party’s ostensible agent for service of process for the purpose of the contest pleading.  However, the Court also specified that its holding was limited to situations such as in the Estate of Moss case.