--- title: 2025 July url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july --- # [2025 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july "2025 July") [![Advocate July25 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2025/07-july/Advocate-July25-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2025/July2025/html5/Advocate-July25-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [CAALA is one big family](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/caala-is-one-big-family "CAALA is one big family") It’s about being there for each other [Martin I. Aarons](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/martin-i-aarons "Martin I. Aarons") ## [Perspective from the OC](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/perspective-from-the-oc "Perspective from the OC") A summer surge of great events to push us forward, together [Aaron Hicks](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/aaron-hicks "Aaron Hicks") ## [Act now to defend justice](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/act-now-to-defend-justice "Act now to defend justice") Rallying behind SB 29 (Laird) to preserve the right to pain-and-suffering damages in survival actions [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") ## [The House version of the “big, beautiful bill” would block consumer protections from AI technology](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/the-house-version-of-the-big-beautiful-bill-would-block-consumer-protections-from-ai-technology "The House version of the “big, beautiful bill” would block consumer protections from AI technology") It also includes anti-consumer immunities for trucking brokers and shippers [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [Trial lawyers’ charities – investing in the future](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/trial-lawyers-charities-investing-in-the-future "Trial lawyers’ charities – investing in the future") Investing in young people through college scholarships and teen foster care; also, building a home in Orange County with Habitat for Humanity [Megan E. Klein](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/megan-e-klein-2 "Megan E. Klein") [Michelle M. West](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-m-west "Michelle M. West") ## [Appellate Review](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/appellate-review-6 "Appellate Review") FEHA attorney’s fees; also, discovery abuse [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [Dodging [[case]]Diaz[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/dodging-case-diaz-case "Dodging [[case]]Diaz[[/case]]") A proven strategy to keep your negligent-entrustment claim viable [David Rudorfer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-rudorfer "David Rudorfer") [Wyatt Vespermann](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/wyatt-vespermann "Wyatt Vespermann") ## [Big truck, big damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/big-truck-big-damages "Big truck, big damages") Effective strategies in litigating catastrophic trucking cases [Bobby Reagan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bobby-reagan "Bobby Reagan") [Dustin Thordarson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dustin-thordarson "Dustin Thordarson") ## [Legal ethics in the age of social-media discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/legal-ethics-in-the-age-of-social-media-discovery "Legal ethics in the age of social-media discovery") The key is to be proactive, not reactive [Kristopher Peerali](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kristopher-peerali "Kristopher Peerali") [Serena Peerali](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/serena-peerali "Serena Peerali") ## [From social media to the summit](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/from-social-media-to-the-summit "From social media to the summit") Challenging the conventional view of social media as merely a tool for impeachment, and revealing its potential as a vehicle for truth [John Shaller](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-shaller "John Shaller") [Paul A. Traina](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/paul-a-traina "Paul A. Traina") [Rahul Ravipudi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/rahul-ravipudi "Rahul Ravipudi") ## [The digital minefield](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/the-digital-minefield "The digital minefield") Exposing and defusing social-media surveillance at trial [Garret Valerio](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/garret-valerio "Garret Valerio") [Joseph Younes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-younes "Joseph Younes") ## [Navigating social media discovery for California plaintiffs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/navigating-social-media-discovery-for-california-plaintiffs "Navigating social media discovery for California plaintiffs") Ethical constraints and practical strategies for dealing with this double-edged sword [Jamal S. Mahmood](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jamal-s-mahmood "Jamal S. Mahmood") ## [Dealing with social-media evidence in trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/dealing-with-social-media-evidence-in-trial "Dealing with social-media evidence in trial") You can try to keep it out, but that “impeachment” evidence is probably going to get in [Sevy W. Fisher](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sevy-w-fisher "Sevy W. Fisher") ## [Your Instagram just tanked your lawsuit](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/your-instagram-just-tanked-your-lawsuit "Your Instagram just tanked your lawsuit") Social media and discovery in the age of oversharing [Elliot Eslamboly](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/elliot-eslamboly "Elliot Eslamboly") ## [The devil is in the details](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/the-devil-is-in-the-details "The devil is in the details") The admissibility of compliance or non-compliance with industry customs/standards or government standards in a design-defect case [Nicholas W. Yoka](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nicholas-w-yoka "Nicholas W. Yoka") ## [Screenshots don’t lie — or do they?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/screenshots-don-t-lie-or-do-they "Screenshots don’t lie — or do they?") The crucial role of social media in modern litigation [Byron J. Abron (B.J.)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/byron-j-abron-b-j "Byron J. Abron (B.J.)")