David and Goliath? –
April 1st, 2018 – Trail starts April 23, 2018. Anaheim, CA. Sovereign is a corporation that “offers specialized mental health, substance abuse, and dual diagnosis disorder treatment” in eight treatment centers located in four different states. One of the treatment centers is situated in the City of San Clemente, which is also Sovereign’s principal place of business.
Buschel, a former Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, is the editor and publisher of a weekly electronic newsletter related to alcohol and drug treatment and recovery entitled “Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.” The eBulletin is distributed via e-mail to approximately 22,000 readers, including alcohol and drug treatment professionals and others interested in information concerning the industry and community. It is also made available on a Web site where both new and archived editions of the eBulletin are maintained.
In his role as the editor and publisher of the eBulletin, Buschel identifies third party articles that he believes may be of interest to readers and develops a brief “excerpt” of each article, which is then included in the eBulletin along with an electronic link to the third party Web site where the article may be found.
On August 25, 2015, Buschel published an edition of the eBulletin. Among the linked articles was one from the Orange County Register concerning Sovereign’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), an article which Buschel personally reviewed prior to making the decision to include it in the eBulletin. The Orange County Register article, originally dated August 2010 and “updated” in August 2013, was titled “Man stripped of UK medical license runs local rehab.”
