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

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