--- title: 2023 October url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october --- # [2023 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october "2023 October") [![Advocate Oct23 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2023/10-october/Advocate-Oct23-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2023/October2023/html5/Advocate-Oct23-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Big crash, big problem](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/big-crash-big-problem "Big crash, big problem") Getting collision photos and videos into evidence when the defense admits liability but objects to your evidence [Jon Davidi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jon-davidi "Jon Davidi") [Robert Glassman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-glassman "Robert Glassman") ## [Discovery and the social-media influencer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/discovery-and-the-social-media-influencer "Discovery and the social-media influencer") How to protect your case during discovery when your client earns income as a social-media influencer [Albert Anthony Villaneda](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/albert-anthony-villaneda "Albert Anthony Villaneda") ## [Avoiding defense traps in slip-and-fall cases against Costco](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/avoiding-defense-traps-in-slip-and-fall-cases-against-costco "Avoiding defense traps in slip-and-fall cases against Costco") Here’s your game plan to litigate against Costco, including a trove of discovery documents that may prove invaluable [Jake Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jake-cohen "Jake Cohen") ## [Discovery aimed at defeating an arbitration clause in employment cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/discovery-aimed-at-defeating-an-arbitration-clause-in-employment-cases "Discovery aimed at defeating an arbitration clause in employment cases") Seeking pre-hearing discovery relating to a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration could make the difference in keeping your client’s claims in court [Erin M. Kelly](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/erin-m-kelly "Erin M. Kelly") ## [The evidence is gone…now what?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/the-evidence-is-gone-now-what "The evidence is gone…now what?") Overcoming obstacles caused by defendant’s destruction or failure to preserve evidence [Gelareh Sara Golriz](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gelareh-sara-golriz "Gelareh Sara Golriz") ## [A new lawyer’s guide to basic discovery rules](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/a-new-lawyer-s-guide-to-basic-discovery-rules "A new lawyer’s guide to basic discovery rules") Responding to written discovery including interrogatories, production of documents and requests for admission [Patricia Garcia](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/patricia-garcia "Patricia Garcia") ## [Deposing the verifier of an entity-defendant’s discovery responses](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/deposing-the-verifier-of-an-entity-defendant-s-discovery-responses "Deposing the verifier of an entity-defendant’s discovery responses") Corporate defendants have a strained understanding of their duty when it comes to verifying discovery. Here’s why you should take the verifier’s deposition [Emily R. Pincin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/emily-r-pincin "Emily R. Pincin") [Michael J. Kent](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-j-kent "Michael J. Kent") ## [Unwinding the statute-of-limitations clock](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/unwinding-the-statute-of-limitations-clock "Unwinding the statute-of-limitations clock") Using the delayed-discovery rule to save your case [Robert Jarchi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-jarchi "Robert Jarchi") ## [The Fifth Amendment in civil cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/the-fifth-amendment-in-civil-cases "The Fifth Amendment in civil cases") The right against self-incrimination cuts both ways [James Perry](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-perry "James Perry") ## [Navigating pupil privacy laws](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/navigating-pupil-privacy-laws "Navigating pupil privacy laws") A guide for attorneys in litigation against school districts [Jenny Yoo](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jenny-yoo "Jenny Yoo") [Omar Qureshi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/omar-qureshi "Omar Qureshi") ## [The objection “calls for expert opinion” in a medical malpractice deposition](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/the-objection-calls-for-expert-opinion-in-a-medical-malpractice-deposition "The objection “calls for expert opinion” in a medical malpractice deposition") When deposing a physician defendant, asking about expectations is an effective way to circumvent objections that the question “calls for expert testimony” [Benjamin Ikuta](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/benjamin-ikuta "Benjamin Ikuta") ## [Visual aids from pleadings through trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/visual-aids-from-pleadings-through-trial "Visual aids from pleadings through trial") A brief overview of what demonstrative evidence you can get admitted and when to use it [Tiega-Noel Varlack](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/tiega-noel-varlack "Tiega-Noel Varlack") ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/appellate-reports-48 "Appellate Reports") Cal Supreme court rules on an employer’s agent’s liability in FEHA cases; also, products liability claims based on absence of a safety feature that would have prevented the accident [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [“Fall in” with TLC](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/fall-in-with-tlc "“Fall in” with TLC") Oct. 28 Day of Dignity in LA; Nov. 14 Orangewood Children’s Home special meal in the OC [Karina Lallande](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/karina-lallande "Karina Lallande") [Michelle M. West](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-m-west "Michelle M. West") ## [The public today has a more favorable view of trial lawyers than it did seven years ago](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/the-public-today-has-a-more-favorable-view-of-trial-lawyers-than-it-did-seven-years-ago "The public today has a more favorable view of trial lawyers than it did seven years ago") Also: Fighting to hold autonomous-vehicle makers accountable [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [Wrapping up the 2023 legislative session – a winner!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/wrapping-up-the-2023-legislative-session-a-winner "Wrapping up the 2023 legislative session – a winner!") State convention is November 16, and we’re looking ahead to 2024 including the election [Lea-Ann Tratten](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lea-ann-tratten "Lea-Ann Tratten") [Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar") ## [Top Gun Award for PI Lawyer of the Year goes to Eric Traut](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-october/top-gun-award-for-pi-lawyer-of-the-year-goes-to-eric-traut "Top Gun Award for PI Lawyer of the Year goes to Eric Traut") Medical Malpractice – Dan Hodes; Employment – Bijan Darvish; Distinguished Achievement Appellate Law – Jeffrey Ehrlich; Young Gun Award – Michael Jeandron [Lindsey Aitken](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lindsey-aitken "Lindsey Aitken")