Elder abuse is usually committed by people the victim knows and trusts.

Abuse often occurs behind closed doors and may involve financial exploitation, neglect, emotional harm, or physical mistreatment.

Elder abuse is far more common than many families realize, and the most common perpetrators of elder abuse are caregivers and trusted individuals in positions of authority.

Even family members, such as adult children or spouses, can take advantage of an elder’s trust or access to finances, making vigilance essential for protection.

Elder abuse statistics highlighted by SeniorLiving.org indicate that one in ten adults over 60 who live at home face…
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Death of Mario Jaramillo Ruled Accidental After He Was Crushed Inside Trash Truck on Congress Street in Tucson

TUCSON, ARIZONA (March 9, 2026) – A 40-year-old man identified as Mario Jaramillo has tragically died in a Tucson trash truck compactor accident on the 200 block of Congress Street.
Pima County officials are saying that the accident took place around 6:49 a.m. on February 3. Mario Jaramillo called emergency services from inside of the truck after his legs were crushed by the machinery.
Paramedics were called to the scene of the accident to help the injured victim. Despite life-saving measures, Mario Jaramillo died due…
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As everyone knows, today’s medicine is complicated. In addition, to being complicated, the medical care delivery system is operated by human beings with all their frailties. Mistakes are bound to occur and do with depressing frequency. While there are almost an infinite number of ways medical care can be screwed up, there are some common categories we see over and over again.

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  • MIDIAGNOSIS AND DELAYED DIAGNOSIS

Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis are closely related. In both cases the medical professionals fail to accurately interpret the information they have available to them and fail to properly…
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A spendthrift trust allows you to establish a separate subtrust for each beneficiary and attach conditions that reflect their individual situations, limitations, and capacities.

In structuring a revocable living trust, how the trust’s assets will be distributed to your named beneficiaries, after your death, typically follows one of two options:

  • The trust is liquidated, with its assets distributed outright to the beneficiaries (often in cases of small inheritances or low creditor risk, or when administrative simplicity is a priority).

  • The trust becomes irrevocable upon your death and continues to hold all or some assets, which are managed by a successor

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Police Searching for Driver of Van That Killed Ethan Tso in Phoenix on Grand Avenue

PHOENIX, ARIZONA (March 8, 2026) – A 29-year-old man identified as Ethan Tso has tragically died in a Phoenix hit-and-run car accident with a dark-colored van on Grand Avenue.
Phoenix police officials are saying that the accident took place around 6:45 PM on Friday. Ethan Tso was in the roadway when he was struck by a dark-colored van heading east on Grand Avenue.
The driver of the van did not remain at the scene. Paramedics were called to the scene of the crash to help the victim.
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Investigation Underway After Natalie Heneger Died Following Fall From Boom Truck at Job Site West of Tonopah

MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA (March 6, 2026) – A woman identified as Natalie Heneger has tragically died in a Maricopa County accident after falling from a boom truck near 485th Avenue and Salome Road.
Maricopa County officials are saying that the accident took place around noon on Sunday. Natalie Heneger fell from the boom truck for undetermined reasons.
Crew at the worksite began performing CPR, and paramedics were called to the scene of the accident. Despite life-saving measures, Natalie Heneger later died due to the severity of…
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For years, attorneys were told to repeat their keywords and rank. That era is over. AI search engines don’t count keywords — they read for meaning. That changes everything about how your law firm website needs to be written. This post breaks down exactly how tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity find and cite legal content, and what you can do this week to make sure they’re finding yours.
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Clearly as we watch what is unfolding now, the experiences from October 7th continue to inform Israeli policies and politics.  Here are student reflections on our visits to the Nova site and Kibbutz Nir Oz as well as meetings with hostage Gadi Moses, Professor Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son was held hostage, and Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, … Continue reading Conflict Reflections–Trauma and October 7th →
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Understand that the idea beats the execution. Every time. We live in a culture obsessed with hustle, with grind, with the relentless optimization of how you do things. But none of that matters if what you’re doing isn’t worth doing in the first place.

The spark — that original, electric moment of genuine inspiration — is the most valuable asset anyone can possess. You can hire people to execute. You can bring in managers, engineers, lawyers (yes, even lawyers), and financial wizards to turn a vision into a machine. What you cannot outsource, manufacture, or fake is the idea itself.
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I am a member of the Board of Resolution Systems Institute (RSI), well-known to many of you for its important work in evaluating and providing research-based tools to help assure the quality of court-connected dispute resolution programs. One of RSI’s newest contributions to our field is a Power Imbalance Toolkit for mediators. The Toolkit (and … Continue reading Supporting Mediators in Eviction Cases: Introducing RSI’s Power Imbalance Toolkit →
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Arizona probate litigation can get intense fast—missing inventories, stonewalled accountings, ignored turnover orders, withheld trust records, or parties “doing self-help” with estate or trust assets. When a judge is frustrated, it’s natural to see courts reach for contempt and monetary sanctions.
But Isom v. Isom (Division One, filed March 2, 2026) is a useful reminder: how a court labels (and structures) a monetary contempt sanction matters—because a sanction that is really criminal contempt triggers criminal-procedure protections, including hard limits on fines without a jury trial or waiver.
Even though Isom is a memorandum decision (not precedential), it’s still…
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As readers of Indisputably know well, I travel with students every other year to Israel to study conflict close up and to learn from those on the ground about their perspective directly.   This year’s trip occurred in January and students wrote reflections last month about what they had seen, learned, and hoped for in the … Continue reading Conflict in the Middle East Reflections →
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Jose Fernando Partida Died After Becoming Trapped in Chemical Mixer at Gowan Milling LLC

YUMA, ARIZONA (March 3, 2026) – A 57-year-old worker identified as Jose Partida has tragically died in a Yuma industrial accident while at his job at Gowan Milling LLC.
Yuma County officials are saying that the accident took place on January 4. Jose Partida was apparently cleaning the inside of a chemical mixer.
Another worker entered inside the chemical mixer when the machine turned on. That person was able to get out of the machine. But Jose Partida remained trapped inside.
Power to the machine was shut off immediately.
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There is a wise old saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Even when something seems as though it may be free, there is always a price being charged or paid somewhere. This is true of medicine as well. There is nothing in medicine that is without some risk. The key to successful medical treatment is accurate assessment of the risk of the proposed treatment and accurate assessment of the benefits of the proposed treatment.

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Certainty in life would be helpful. Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect world in which…
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  The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute) has awarded its Annual Outstanding Book Award to Art Hinshaw, Andrea Kupfer Schneider, and Sarah Rudolph Cole for their edited volume Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age (2000–2009) (Oxford University Press, 2025). In accepting the award, Art remarked: “We academics consider this … Continue reading Congratulations to Art, Andrea & Sarah! →
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Some law professors are banning AI in their courses.  Others are cautiously adding it. At Mitchell Hamline, Gregory Duhl is doing something much more ambitious.  He redesigned his Contracts course by embedding AI throughout the course rather than ignoring it or treating it as a side issue.  Considering Mitchell Hamline’s history of pedagogical innovation, it … Continue reading All In on AI in Law School?  A Thoughtful Experiment Worth Watching →
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