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description: &lt;p&gt; With its precise and succinct methodology, Mauet’s text has earned widespread popularity and use, edition after edition. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;The Seventh Edition continues to build on the strengths that have made Pretrial a &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;highly distinguished authorship&lt;/b&gt;—featuring recognized leading trial expert and renowned legal education author Thomas A. Mauet &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;a clear, concise, and well-organized presentation of pretrial preparation techniques&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;a systematic approach&lt;/b&gt; that organizes pretrial planning and preparation into a series of distinct steps that students can readily master &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;sample litigation files from a hypothetical case&lt;/b&gt; that constitute &lt;b&gt; examples&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;documentation&lt;/b&gt; and paperwork &lt;b&gt;at every stage&lt;/b&gt; of the civil case &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;additional litigation files on an included CD-ROM&lt;/b&gt;, with both plaintiff’s and defendant's files for six different civil cases &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;citations to commonly used treatises&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Featured in the Seventh &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;the electronic discovery rules changes&lt;/b&gt;, which became effective with the 12/1/06 adoption of the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and their &lt;b&gt; effects on the pretrial process in general and the discovery process in particular&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; the Supreme Court’s decision in &lt;b&gt;Bell Atlantic v. Twombly&lt;/b&gt; and its &lt;b&gt; effects on how complaints are drafted&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; the &lt;b&gt;Class Action Fairness Act&lt;/b&gt; and how it &lt;b&gt;changes the basis for removing class actions to federal court&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; the most recent &lt;b&gt;statutory changes and cases on the tax consequences of personal injury settlements&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; additional &lt;b&gt;statutory changes and Supreme Court decisions since 2004&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; Show your students how to prepare for and conduct civil litigation effectively, with Thomas Mauet’s highly regarded &lt;b&gt;Pretrial&lt;/b&gt;—now in its &lt;b&gt;Seventh Edition.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
language: English
title: Pretrial
publisher: Aspen Publishers