--- title: 2015 November url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november --- # [2015 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november "2015 November") [![Advocate Nov15 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2015/11-november/Advocate-Nov15-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2015/November2015/html5/Advocate-Nov15-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Warriors for civility](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/warriors-for-civility "Warriors for civility") How to build bridges in place of walls – thoughts on defense lawyers at CAALA Vegas [Joseph M. Barrett](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-m-barrett "Joseph M. Barrett") ## [Mediation: Making your case stand out](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/mediation-making-your-case-stand-out "Mediation: Making your case stand out") With aggressive and thoughtful discovery, the defense will ask you to go to mediation [Bruce Brusavich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bruce-brusavich "Bruce Brusavich") ## [Medical-malpractice: The effective arbitration brief](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/medical-malpractice-the-effective-arbitration-brief "Medical-malpractice: The effective arbitration brief") A look at “neutral” arbitrators and the arbitration brief that enables the neutral to do the right thing [Arlan Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arlan-cohen "Arlan Cohen") ## [Pursuing insurance agents and brokers for professional negligence](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/pursuing-insurance-agents-and-brokers-for-professional-negligence "Pursuing insurance agents and brokers for professional negligence") These can be difficult cases, but there are scenarios in which they are viable [Heather M. McKeon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/heather-m-mckeon "Heather M. McKeon") [Michael L. Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-l-cohen "Michael L. Cohen") ## [Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/appellate-reports-and-cases-in-brief-3 "Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief") [[case]]U.S. v. Moser[[/case]] — Holds that the reasons relied on by the district judge to cut the prevailing party’s fee award constituted an abuse of discretion [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [The medical expert witness in malpractice cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/the-medical-expert-witness-in-malpractice-cases "The medical expert witness in malpractice cases") A look at the strategy of deposing and examining medical experts [Bruce G. Fagel, M.D.](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bruce-g-fagel-m-d "Bruce G. Fagel, M.D.") ## [Don’t let med-mal defendants use the ACA to gut medical damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/don-t-let-med-mal-defendants-use-the-aca-to-gut-medical-damages "Don’t let med-mal defendants use the ACA to gut medical damages") A medical damages roadmap that addresses the interplay between the ACA, MICRA and the collateral-source rule [Steven Heimberg](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-heimberg "Steven Heimberg") ## [Effective use of videotaped depositions in a medical-malpractice case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/effective-use-of-videotaped-depositions-in-a-medical-malpractice-case "Effective use of videotaped depositions in a medical-malpractice case") A step-by-step guide to the use of videotape from discovery through trial [John Hinman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-hinman "John Hinman") ## [The power-press exception to workers’ comp exclusive remedy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/the-power-press-exception-to-workers-comp-exclusive-remedy "The power-press exception to workers’ comp exclusive remedy") It’s a narrow exception that authorizes an employee who suffers a power-press injury to augment the recovery under workers’ comp [Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck") [Douglas A. Rochen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-a-rochen "Douglas A. Rochen") ## [Getting your medical-malpractice case settled](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/professional-liability "Getting your medical-malpractice case settled") In medical malpractice, the best cases settle – if the defendant consents – and the weaker cases go to trial [Lawrence Rudd, M.D.](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lawrence-rudd-m-d "Lawrence Rudd, M.D.") ## [Using unpaid intern labor? It’ll cost you](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/using-unpaid-intern-labor-it-ll-cost-you "Using unpaid intern labor? It’ll cost you") What you need to know about asserting claims for interns, apprentices, trainees, students, and volunteers [Adetunji Olude](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/adetunji-olude "Adetunji Olude") [Bryan Schwartz](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bryan-schwartz "Bryan Schwartz") ## [Legal malpractice — Private lawsuits, public lawyers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/legal-malpractice-private-lawsuits-public-lawyers "Legal malpractice — Private lawsuits, public lawyers") Should you have a binding arbitration clause in your attorney fee agreement? [Karen Stromeyer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/karen-stromeyer "Karen Stromeyer") [Timothy Halloran](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/timothy-halloran "Timothy Halloran") ## [OCTLA salutes Miracles for Kids and Top Gun Trial Attorneys](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/octla-salutes-miracles-for-kids-and-top-gun-trial-attorneys "OCTLA salutes Miracles for Kids and Top Gun Trial Attorneys") Top Gun Awards ceremony and dinner November 21 at the Fairmont Hotel, Newport Beach [Ted B. Wacker](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ted-b-wacker "Ted B. Wacker") ## [Secrets and Lists](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-november/secrets-and-lists "Secrets and Lists") Facts and benefits for CAALA members [Stuart Zanville](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stuart-zanville "Stuart Zanville")