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title: Advocate Magazine
description: "Advocate is the largest magazine in the United States for plaintiffs' trial attorneys. Advocate is owned by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and published for the benefit of plaintiffs' trial attorneys in Southern California."
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[![Paint outside the lines](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ehrlich-Clint-istock-577949148_36b5408c20360953ed4c8f5b145645ce.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december/paint-outside-the-lines "Paint outside the lines")

## [Paint outside the lines](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december/paint-outside-the-lines "Paint outside the lines")

Advanced legal writing: High-risk, high-reward techniques

[Clint Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/clint-ehrlich "Clint Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2024 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december)

[![Look before jumping in the pool – the tip pool, that is](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/DuVan-Clark-istock-1570184666_252d0cf4c3f8f2f4f6bf4099d3f0de00.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november/look-before-jumping-in-the-pool-the-tip-pool-that-is "Look before jumping in the pool – the tip pool, that is")

## [Look before jumping in the pool – the tip pool, that is](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november/look-before-jumping-in-the-pool-the-tip-pool-that-is "Look before jumping in the pool – the tip pool, that is")

Available caselaw and authorities on what is “fair and reasonable” for tip-pooling policies

[Barbara DuVan-Clarke](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/barbara-duvan-clarke "Barbara DuVan-Clarke")

From Issue: [2024 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november)

[![The legal boundaries of third-party carriers’ medical bill negotiations](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Abkarian-istock-1316512316_55ae6a9c9fc119c5acb2360afcd34ff0.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/the-legal-boundaries-of-third-party-carriers-medical-bill-negotiations "The legal boundaries of third-party carriers’ medical bill negotiations")

## [The legal boundaries of third-party carriers’ medical bill negotiations](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/the-legal-boundaries-of-third-party-carriers-medical-bill-negotiations "The legal boundaries of third-party carriers’ medical bill negotiations")

A defense move to lower the value of pain-and-suffering damages as a multiple of medical bills

[Albert Abkarian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/albert-abkarian "Albert Abkarian")
[Nicholas Abkarian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nicholas-abkarian "Nicholas Abkarian")

From Issue: [2024 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october)

[![The prospective client had a previous lawyer. Red flag?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Fraigun-istock-471140595_9e160f2064826d6e805923ecd8941380.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november/the-prospective-client-had-a-previous-lawyer-red-flag "The prospective client had a previous lawyer. Red flag?")

## [The prospective client had a previous lawyer. Red flag?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november/the-prospective-client-had-a-previous-lawyer-red-flag "The prospective client had a previous lawyer. Red flag?")

Instead of outright rejection, consider that the problem with the case may have been the lawyer

[Marina Kats Fraigun](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/marina-kats-fraigun "Marina Kats Fraigun")

From Issue: [2024 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november)

[![MSAs can be fun, when the rabbit’s got the gun](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Horacek-istock-450565841_7744b6bb3f3aca0f14f4ef170fd6c770.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november/msas-can-be-fun-when-the-rabbit-s-got-the-gun "MSAs can be fun, when the rabbit’s got the gun")

## [MSAs can be fun, when the rabbit’s got the gun](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november/msas-can-be-fun-when-the-rabbit-s-got-the-gun "MSAs can be fun, when the rabbit’s got the gun")

The summary adjudication statute can be used to hone your case and streamline the issues to be tried

[Angel James Horacek](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/angel-james-horacek "Angel James Horacek")

From Issue: [2024 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-november)

[![Litigating lithium-ion battery explosions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ward-istock-514062316_a05e512bffa9f4224c83c265dabaf2c3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/litigating-lithium-ion-battery-explosions "Litigating lithium-ion battery explosions")

## [Litigating lithium-ion battery explosions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/litigating-lithium-ion-battery-explosions "Litigating lithium-ion battery explosions")

A look at Li-ion products-liability cases, focusing on establishing personal jurisdiction and proving battery defects

[Austin G. Ward](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/austin-g-ward "Austin G. Ward")

From Issue: [2024 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october)