• Negligence
  • Breach of contract
  • Cause of action
  • Affirmative defense
  • Statutes of Limitation
  • Counterclaim
  • Subpoena
  • Prima facie case
  • Dispositive motions
  • Billing and initial instructions to client
  • Parties to an action
  • Partnership, Sole Proprietorship
  • Real party in interest
  • Assignment
  • Subrogation
  • Joinder of parties
  • Subject matter jurisdiction
  • Case or controversy
  • Federal question jurisdiction
  • Pendant jurisdiction
  • Sovereign immunity
  • Diversity Jurisdiction
  • Complete diversity
  • Jurisdictional amount
  • Ancillary jurisdiction
  • Personal jurisdiction
  • In personum jurisdiction
  • In rem action
  • Quasi in rem action
  • Due process
  • Minimum contacts
  • Service of process
  • Long-arm statutes
  • Venue
  • Choice of court, choice of law
  • pleadings
  • Four forms of claims: complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, third party complaint
  • Notice pleading
  • Under Rule 7(a) the only basic pleadings allowed in civil actions are: complaints, answers, and replies
  • All forms are actually complaints
  • Notice pleadings
  • Caption (contents of)
  • Rule 11 (reasonable inquiry)
  • Certificate of service
  • Complaint (page 12 of paralegal notes)
  • Statement of claims (short and plain statement; use plain English; use separate counts)
  • Prayer for relief
  • Default judgment
  • Summons
  • Timeliness of service
  • Rule 12 (if he hasn't answered the complaint he has 20 days to do so
  • Rule 12 motions (there are three that can be made before filing an answer)
  • Rule 12(b) defenses there are 5-7 of them)
  • Answer (must be within 20 days)(admit, deny, or no knowledge of belief) affirmative defenses
  • The answer may have three parts
  • Denying all allegations not specifically admitted is a safe practice
  • Affirmative defenses (part 2)
  • Counterclaims (part 2)
  • Compulsory counterclaims
  • Permissive counterclaims
  • Recoupment
  • Cross claims
  • Impleader
  • Interpleader
  • Class actions
  • Amendment of pleadings and supplemental pleadings
  • Motions
  • Proof of service
  • Consent order
  • Extension of time
  • Removal
  • Discovery (section heading)
  • Five methods of discovery
  • Interrogatories
  • Document production
  • Document production 2
  • Drafting a RFD
  • Rule 35 (b)(1) furnishing copy of medical exam
  • Rule 34
  • Rule 26b
  • Rule 26b
  • Physical or medical exam
  • Physical or medical exam 2
  • Scope of discovery
  • Insurance agreements are open to discovery
  • Experts: Rule 26(b)(4)(A)
  • Responses to requests to produce (usually respond within 30 days, but reasonable)
  • Objections to production: relevance, privilege, nuiscance (3 objections)
  • Most production requests worked out informally between lawyers
  • Making copies in a document production
  • Bate stamping
  • Subpoena duces tecum
  • Indexing of documents
  • Redacting
  • Depostions:3-4 pages of description
  • Rule 30: depositions
  • Subpoena ad testificandum
  • Deposition transcript
  • Rule 30(c) objection during a deposition
  • Scheduling a deposition
  • Scheduling a deposition 2
  • Deposing a nonparty witness(expert)
  • Notice of deposition
  • Preparation for deposition
  • Deposition outline (sample)
  • Client preparation for dep
  • Client preparation for dep2
  • Client preparation for dep3
  • Client preparation for dep4
  • Client prep specific answers
  • Deposition summaries
  • Dep summaries: 3 types-narrative, chronological, and subject
  • Index
  • RFA - request for admission
  • Negligence
  • Negligence
  • Negligence
  • Negligence
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