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title: Advocate Magazine
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[![The expert you didn’t know you had](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Behdadnia_art_surgeon-2191191744_67ccaf005c2ccb66bb7fc7fc31ab1daf.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october/the-expert-you-didn-t-know-you-had "The expert you didn’t know you had")

## [The expert you didn’t know you had](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october/the-expert-you-didn-t-know-you-had "The expert you didn’t know you had")

When a treating physician becomes an expert witness

[Lior Behdadnia](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lior-behdadnia "Lior Behdadnia")

From Issue: [2026 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october)

[![A new playbook for traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ernst_art_pg_46_brain_2191843074_1f5a37dfbf1ee2728a679e948ba9ac81.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august/a-new-playbook-for-traumatic-brain-injury "A new playbook for traumatic brain injury")

## [A new playbook for traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august/a-new-playbook-for-traumatic-brain-injury "A new playbook for traumatic brain injury")

The science has changed. Has your case strategy?

[Dr. Topher Stephenson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dr-topher-stephenson "Dr. Topher Stephenson")
[Taylor Ernst](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/taylor-ernst "Taylor Ernst")

From Issue: [2026 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august)

[![Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Case_Salguero_art_Pg_14_Uber-2198562674_8fd2ceca32f464b4a6821828126a6258.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-july/uber-and-lyft-s-other-limitation-on-injured-parties-rights-to-recover-damages "Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages")

## [Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-july/uber-and-lyft-s-other-limitation-on-injured-parties-rights-to-recover-damages "Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages")

How the 2026 $60,000 UM/UIM cap instituted by SB 371 impacts California consumers’ access to compensation

[Edwin S. Salguero](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/edwin-s-salguero "Edwin S. Salguero")
[Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey")

From Issue: [2026 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-july)

[![Arbitration award appeals](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Aaronson_art_appealing_7f080b56c40b880dd467a5ebe56252e9.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-september/arbitration-award-appeals "Arbitration award appeals")

## [Arbitration award appeals](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-september/arbitration-award-appeals "Arbitration award appeals")

The procedures to follow for a private arbitration organization’s *internal appellate process*

[Michael A. Zuckerman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-a-zuckerman "Michael A. Zuckerman")
[Richard Aronson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/richard-aronson "Richard Aronson")

From Issue: [2026 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-september)

[![On the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Kaiser arbitration system](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Cohen_art_Kaiser_iStock-1445450413_1b1d5286582a86cc8d9a4c234955cb3c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august/on-the-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-of-the-kaiser-arbitration-system "On the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Kaiser arbitration system")

## [On the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Kaiser arbitration system](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august/on-the-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-of-the-kaiser-arbitration-system "On the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Kaiser arbitration system")

Substantive unconscionability exists where the rules determining the outcome are stacked

[Arlan Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arlan-cohen "Arlan Cohen")

From Issue: [2026 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august)

[![Litigating jail-death cases under the Fourteenth Amendment](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Gemini_Generated_Image_6noatf6noatf6noa_32d5b6f2c418e69994d48c21f4465445.png)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-june/litigating-jail-death-cases-under-the-fourteenth-amendment "Litigating jail-death cases under the Fourteenth Amendment")

## [Litigating jail-death cases under the Fourteenth Amendment](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-june/litigating-jail-death-cases-under-the-fourteenth-amendment "Litigating jail-death cases under the Fourteenth Amendment")

The three fact patterns that account for the overwhelming share of jail deaths: suicides, inmate-on-inmate violence, and medical failures

[Denisse O. Gastélum](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/denisse-o-gastelum "Denisse O. Gastélum")

From Issue: [2026 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-june)