Pretrial

Name: Pretrial
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ISBN: 9780735551022

ISBN-10: 0735551022

ISBN-13: 9780735551022

Edition: 6th 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Thomas A. Mauet

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Show your students how to prepare for and conduct civil litigation effectively, with the newest edition of Thomas Mauet's highly-regarded Pretrial . By offering a clear and concise methodology and supplying the information students need to apply it, this popular paperback text has earned widespread use, edition after edition. The Sixth Edition builds on the strengths that have made Pretrial a classic: clear, concise, well organized presentation of pretrial preparation by one of the country's leading experts on trial techniques systematic approach that organizes pretrial planning and preparation into a series of distinct steps students can readily master litigation files from a hypothetical…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date: 10/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 443
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Preface


Citations



Investigating and Planning the Litigation



Introduction to Litigation Planning



Introduction



Organizing litigation planning



Conclusion



Informal Fact Investigation



Introduction



Structuring fact investigations



Client interviews



Exhibits acquisition



Witness interviews



Expert reviews



The "small" case



Legal Investigation



Introduction



Choice of law



Legal theories for claims, remedies, and defenses



Joinder of parties and claims



Subject matter jurisdiction in district courts



Personal jurisdiction



Venue



Case Evaluation and Strategy



Introduction



Taking the case



Establishing the terms of the attorney-client agreement



Declining representation



Planning the litigation



Example of litigation planning: Novelty Products, Inc. v. Gift Ideas, Inc.



Prefiling requirements



Conducting the Litigation



Pleadings



Introduction



General pleading requirements



Complaints



Rule 12 responses



Answers



Counterclaims



Replies



Cross-claims



Impleader (third-party practice)



Interpleader



Intervention



Class actions



Amendments of pleadings and supplemental pleadings



Discovery



Introduction



Scope of discovery



Discovery strategy



Discovery planning meeting and pretrial scheduling conference



Required disclosures



Interrogatories



Requests to produce documents and subpoenas



Electronic discovery



Depositions



Physical and mental examinations



Requests to admit facts



Supplementing discovery



Discovery motions



Discovery review



Motions



Introduction



General requirements for motions



Extensions of time and continuances



Substitution of parties



Temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions



Removal



Judgment on the pleadings



Summary judgment



Dismissals and defaults



Consolidation and separate trials



Interlocutory appeals



Pretrial Conferences and Settlements



Introduction



Pretrial conferences



Settlements



Litigation File: Jones v. Smith


Index