LexisNexis Practice Guide: Massachusetts Civil Pretrial Practice

Containing over 60 checklists, 150 practice tips, and dozens of crucial forms, this portable, task-oriented guide to the technical and legal aspects of pretrial practice provides authoritative analysis and solutions in the following areas:

•  Obtaining jurisdiction;
•  Determining venue;
•  Obtaining TRO or preliminary injunction;
•  Attachments and trustee process;
•  Lis Pendens;
•  Drafting, filing and serving complaint and summons;
•  Requesting or waiving jury trial;
•  Responsive pleadings;
•  Motions addressed to pleadings;
•  Cross-claims;
•  Claims against third parties;
•  Joinder, intervention and interpleaders;
•  Anti-SLAPP statute;
•  Single justice practice;
•  Interrogatories;
•  Document requests;
•  Discovery of facts know and opinions held by experts;
•  Depositions;
•  Objecting to discovery requests;
•  Protective orders;
•  Discovery sanctions;
•  Amended and supplemental pleadings;
•  Requesting and using admissions;
•  Summary judgment; and
•  Consolidation, severance and separate trials.