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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."
---

[![Key concepts to follow for trust accounting](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Joyce-istock-1463258483_100c1156b230b8af48b8655f02371de4.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/key-concepts-to-follow-for-trust-accounting "Key concepts to follow for trust accounting")

## [Key concepts to follow for trust accounting](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-october/key-concepts-to-follow-for-trust-accounting "Key concepts to follow for trust accounting")

In the post-Girardi landscape, attorneys must recognize their non-delegable duty to maintain absolute accuracy in their client trust accounts

[Erin Joyce](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/erin-joyce "Erin Joyce")

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

[![Arbitration and PAGA rights, post [[case]]Adolph v. Uber[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Bigelow-istock-1450288104_0164df175c3914b5ff9f6aa1a2b9cc1c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/arbitration-and-paga-rights-post-case-adolph-v-uber-case "Arbitration and PAGA rights, post [[case]]Adolph v. Uber[[/case]]")

## [Arbitration and PAGA rights, post [[case]]Adolph v. Uber[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/arbitration-and-paga-rights-post-case-adolph-v-uber-case "Arbitration and PAGA rights, post [[case]]Adolph v. Uber[[/case]]")

Arbitrating individual Labor Code violations after [[case]]Adolph[[/case]]

[Tricia Bigelow](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/tricia-bigelow "Tricia Bigelow")

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

[![Revealing the untold story of traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Hanker-istock-1125680650_64bcf07bf10150f8238b698066f61ba6.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/revealing-the-untold-story-of-traumatic-brain-injury "Revealing the untold story of traumatic brain injury")

## [Revealing the untold story of traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/revealing-the-untold-story-of-traumatic-brain-injury "Revealing the untold story of traumatic brain injury")

Before you can represent an mTBI client, you need a trauma-informed practice

[Kelly B. Hanker](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kelly-b-hanker "Kelly B. Hanker")

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

[![Elder-healthcare-facility arbitration agreements and the California Supreme Court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Gharabian-istock-1490660270_7c14da75cf47a94acbe08b2867c33615.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/elder-healthcare-facility-arbitration-agreements-and-the-california-supreme-court "Elder-healthcare-facility arbitration agreements and the California Supreme Court")

## [Elder-healthcare-facility arbitration agreements and the California Supreme Court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/elder-healthcare-facility-arbitration-agreements-and-the-california-supreme-court "Elder-healthcare-facility arbitration agreements and the California Supreme Court")

The California Supreme Court holds that signing an optional arbitration agreement is not a “healthcare decision”

[Amber Tham](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/amber-tham "Amber Tham")
[Art Gharibian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/art-gharibian "Art Gharibian")

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

[![Defense exams are not independent](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Sims-istock-1394898358_fda9093ddfd7206e76e492389c8c9ad6.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/defense-exams-are-not-independent "Defense exams are not independent")

## [Defense exams are not independent](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/defense-exams-are-not-independent "Defense exams are not independent")

They are rife with fraud. And you can prove it

[Dorothy Clay Sims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dorothy-clay-sims "Dorothy Clay Sims")

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

[![Children with traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Chang-istock-858352208_43cba41a5a6888554d338ede4064454f.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/children-with-traumatic-brain-injury "Children with traumatic brain injury")

## [Children with traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/children-with-traumatic-brain-injury "Children with traumatic brain injury")

Children’s brains are still developing, so TBI affects children far differently and more profoundly than adults

[Deborah S. Chang](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/deborah-s-chang "Deborah S. Chang")
[Sharon Grandinette](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sharon-grandinette "Sharon Grandinette")

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