Mediation: Learn to speak your adversary’s language
Speaking and hearing the same “language” goes a long way toward a favorable settlement. Here are valuable tips on how to communicate effectively  by using proven methods.
Jeffrey Krivis and Mariam Zadeh

The underinsured homeowner
California wildfires continue to show us just how many homeowners are underinsured. The author presents a guide to handling under-insurance cases against insurance companies, agents and brokers.
Ricardo Echeverria

Profile: Robert Allard
He started in practice with his famous defense-attorney father, but blazed his own path for plaintiffs. Santa Clara’s Robert Allard believes “it’s not about winning awards, it’s about helping others get back on their feet.”
Stephen Ellison

Class actions: Organizing your class members
Once you have the class list, organizing information from class members becomes the challenge.
William P. Daniels

Is Hanif dead? Medical damages after Howell
For over 20 years, the defense bar used Hanif to deny injured plaintiffs their full measure of damages in tort cases. The author discusses recovery of medical damages following Howell v. Hamilton Meats.
Marc S. Hurd

Trial Practice and Procedure
Present-value calculations with annuities
Caution: Calculating the present value of future damages with an annuity can be injurious to your client’s financial health.
William Veen and Eustace de Saint Phalle

Managing your Office
Become master of your own domain
A true DIY guide to getting your Web site up and running in less than 90 minutes.
Michael Mortimer

Book Review 
California Law and Motion Model Forms
By Douglas R. Parker, David N. Finley and Lori L. Maze
Reviewed by Donna Bader

Legal Guide for the new ABA publication for the Seriously Ill

Appellate reports
Recent cases of interest to members of the plaintiff’s bar, including several rulings on class actions
Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich

A Winning Verdict
More musings on the extinction of Trial lawyers
Trial lawyers spend less time in trial than ever before and there are more women trial lawyers. Is sex a factor?
J. Gary Gwilliam