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title: Appellate Decisions and Review
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Appellate Decisions and Review, from the Subject Matter Index.
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## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-november/appellate-reports-56 "Appellate Reports")

Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preemption; also arbitration of wrongful death claims and attorney’s failure to verify accuracy of citations

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2025 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-november)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march/appellate-reports-58 "Appellate Reports")

How Berk v. Choy validates 25 years of Ninth Circuit dissents

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2026 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-may/appellate-reports-60 "Appellate Reports")

Attorney fee disputes and declaratory relief; also, do contracts that specify the arbitration forum as JAMS unmistakenly delegate the right to determine the enforceability of the arbitration clause?

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2026 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-may)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-july/appellate-report "Appellate Report")

U.S. Supreme Court holds that [[case]]Iskanian[[/case]]’s rule that PAGA actions cannot be divided into individual and non-individual claims is preempted by the FAA

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2022 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-july)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/appellate-report-4 "Appellate Report")

Conditional acceptance of a 998 offer invalidates the offer as to prejudgment interest

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-february/appellate-report-6 "Appellate Report")

Aggregated statutory damages “so severe and oppressive” held to violate due process

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2023 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-february)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-december/appellate-reports-57 "Appellate Reports")

Trial judge is the best judge of reasonable hourly rates for trial attorneys. Arbitration: the need to show signed arbitration agreement defendant relies on. Also, good faith settlement findings and motions to amend judgment

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2025 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-december)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-february/appellate-reports-59 "Appellate Reports")

Contingency fees after client termination; also, The Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act and Prohibited Retaliation Against Whistle Blowers

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2026 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-february)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august/appellate-reports-61 "Appellate Reports")

The “two dismissal rule” is not a rule of claim preclusion; also, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault/Harassment Act; and, self-represented plaintiffs can get mandatory sanction for defendant’s discovery abuse

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2026 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august/appellate-report-2 "Appellate Report")

Courts look at expert concessions on causation; also personal jurisdiction

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2022 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/appellate-report-5 "Appellate Report")

Court refines the trivial defect doctrine, rejects strict tape measure approach to determine whether a sidewalk defect is trivial. Also, 998 offers and peremptory challenges

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2022 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-march/appellate-report-7 "Appellate Report")

Limits on trial court’s ability to impose sanctions for misuse of discovery

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2023 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-march)