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Moores Federal Practice Reference Guide: Manual of Complex Litigation
Publisher: Matthew Bender
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Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth. Issued in 2004 under the auspices of the Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., the Fourth Edition of the Manual is an important resource for federal litigators. This successor to the Manual for Complex Litigation, Third, describes approaches that trial judges have found to be useful in managing complex cases. This edition updates the treatment of electronic discovery and other aspects of pretrial management and describes major changes affecting case management in the substantive and procedural law in mass torts, class actions, intellectual property, employment discrimination, and other types of litigation. A new chapter deals with managing scientific evidence.
Table of Contents
Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction
Part I: Overview
10. General Principles
11. Pretrial Procedures
12. Trial
13. Settlement
14. Attorney Fees
15. Judgments and Appeals
Part II: Special Problems
20. Multiple Jurisdiction Litigation
21. Class Actions
22. Mass Torts
23. Expert Scientific Evidence
Part III: Particular Types of Litigation
30. Antitrust
31. Securities
32. Employment Discrimination
33. Intellectual Property
34. CERCLA (Superfund)
35. Civil RICO
Part IV: Sample Orders
40.1 Order Setting Initial Conference
40.2 Sample Case-Management Orders
40.3 Order Creating a Web Site
40.4 Class Actions Orders
40.5 Orders in Special Cases
40.6 Sample Final Pretrial Orders
40.7 Jury Questionnaire
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