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title: Columns - Consumer Attorneys of California
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Columns - Consumer Attorneys of California, from the Subject Matter Index.
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## [Law in the time of coronavirus](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-may/law-in-the-time-of-coronavirus "Law in the time of coronavirus")

Statute of limitations extended, less restrictions on remote depositions, more time to bring cases to trial

[Micha Star Liberty](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/micha-star-liberty "Micha Star Liberty")

From Issue: [2020 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-may)

## [Joint and several liability needs our protection – again](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/joint-and-several-liability-needs-our-protection-again "Joint and several liability needs our protection – again")

Public entities seek to avoid liability

[Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna")

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

## [Insurance reform is CAOC legislative priority for 2022](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/insurance-reform-is-caoc-legislative-priority-for-2022 "Insurance reform is CAOC legislative priority for 2022")

Raising minimum insurance limits and ending the stacking of UIM benefits

[Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini")

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

## [I am just a bill](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-february/i-am-just-a-bill "I am just a bill")

A look at how your ideas can become law, and the proposals for new laws currently being considered for support by CAOC

[Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini")

From Issue: [2020 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-february)

## [Eyes on the goal](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-july/eyes-on-the-goal "Eyes on the goal")

“Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.” — Mario Andretti

[Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini")

From Issue: [2020 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-july)

## [Ending the legislative year with a bang!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-november/ending-the-legislative-year-with-a-bang "Ending the legislative year with a bang!")

All five CAOC-sponsored bills are signed into law by Newsom

[Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini")

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

## [Keeping expert testimony real and reasonable](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-july/keeping-expert-testimony-real-and-reasonable "Keeping expert testimony real and reasonable")

CAOC-sponsored bill addressing [[case]]Kline v. Zimmer[[/case]] headed to Gov. Newsom

[Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar")

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

## [It’s been a year of success for CAOC](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-september/it-s-been-a-year-of-success-for-caoc "It’s been a year of success for CAOC")

From MICRA to financial responsibility limits

[Nancy Drabble](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/n "Nancy Drabble")

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

## [Insurance industry tort-reform provisions on litigation funding defeated by CAOC](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/insurance-industry-tort-reform-provisions-on-litigation-funding-defeated-by-caoc "Insurance industry tort-reform provisions on litigation funding defeated by CAOC")

Litigation funding plays an important role for PI plaintiffs and is often a last-choice resort for injured victims

[Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini")

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

## [Hot August days](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-september/hot-august-days "Hot August days")

From redistricting to the 2026 elections and the final push on CAOC-sponsored bills, August and early September are anything but quiet

[Lea-Ann Tratten](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lea-ann-tratten "Lea-Ann Tratten")

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

## [Explaining the civil justice system](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-december/explaining-the-civil-justice-system "Explaining the civil justice system")

With 30 new legislators, building relationships and educating them on civil justice was quite the task

[Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini")

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

## [Ending the death discount](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-june/ending-the-death-discount "Ending the death discount")

Working to pass SB 447 so that human suffering damages don’t die with the victim

From Issue: [2021 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-june)