--- title: 2018 October url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october --- # [2018 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october "2018 October") [![Advocate Oct18 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2018/10-october/Advocate-Oct18-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2018/October2018/html5/Advocate-Oct18-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/discovery-the-claims-file-in-bad-faith-cases "Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases") How to get all the insurance company documents you need to build a bad-faith case [Danica Crittenden](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/danica-crittenden "Danica Crittenden") ## [Expert witnesses and legal support staff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/expert-witnesses-and-legal-support-staff "Expert witnesses and legal support staff") How do I find those experts? Which documents can I send them? A primer for legal support staff on how to support use of experts [Robert Clayton](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-clayton "Robert Clayton") ## [Chronic pain](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/chronic-pain "Chronic pain") Living with pain for the rest of their lives impacts every aspect of their lives and deserves maximum compensation [Geoff Wells](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geoff-wells "Geoff Wells") ## [“Me too” and “not me too” evidence in employment litigation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/me-too-and-not-me-too-evidence-in-employment-litigation "“Me too” and “not me too” evidence in employment litigation") Proving that an employee harassed or the employer discriminated against similarly situated individuals other than the plaintiff [Amber Phillips](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/amber-phillips "Amber Phillips") [Genie Harrison](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/genie-harrison "Genie Harrison") [Mary Olszewska](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mary-olszewska "Mary Olszewska") ## [Disparate-impact claims in employment and housing](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/disparate-impact-claims-in-employment-and-housing "Disparate-impact claims in employment and housing") Disparate-impact claims have the potential to grow in importance as a tool for reducing discrimination [Anne Bellows](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/anne-bellows "Anne Bellows") [William C. Jhaveri-Weeks](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/william-c-jhaveri-weeks "William C. Jhaveri-Weeks") ## [The defense medical exam is not an interrogation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/the-defense-medical-exam-is-not-an-interrogation "The defense medical exam is not an interrogation") Don’t let the medical examiner conduct an oral examination – this isn’t a deposition [Clifton N. Smoot](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/clifton-n-smoot "Clifton N. Smoot") ## [A post-truth world](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/a-post-truth-world "A post-truth world") Attacks on freedom of the press and the rule of law [Stuart Zanville](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stuart-zanville "Stuart Zanville") ## [And the winner is...](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/and-the-winner-is "And the winner is...") Meet this year’s impressive TOP GUN honorees [Geraldine Ly](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geraldine-ly "Geraldine Ly") ## [The importance of politics to CAALA and the importance of CAALA to politicians](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/the-importance-of-politics-to-caala-and-the-importance-of-caala-to-politicians "The importance of politics to CAALA and the importance of CAALA to politicians") This election is about your practice [Mike Arias](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mike-arias "Mike Arias") ## [Preparing experts post-[[case]]Sargon[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/preparing-experts-post-case-sargon-case "Preparing experts post-[[case]]Sargon[[/case]]") [[case]]Sargon[[/case]] reaffirmed that expert opinion cannot be speculative or based on conjecture [Torsten Bassell](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/torsten-bassell "Torsten Bassell") ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/appellate-reports-15 "Appellate Reports") [[case]]Brady v. Bayer Corp.[[/case]] — Don’t call it “One A Day” vitamins and then in small print tell us we must take two; or if you prefer: one gummie a day won’t keep the rickets away [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [Lien guide for the trial attorney (Part 1 of 2)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/lien-guide-for-the-trial-attorney-part-1-of-2 "Lien guide for the trial attorney (Part 1 of 2)") A compendium on Attorney liens for contingent fees – includes application of new ethics rules effective November 1 [Michael S. Fields](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-s-fields "Michael S. Fields")