This extensive manual provides attorneys and judges with detailed guidance on the management of complex litigation, analyzing cases that construe Federal Judicial Center Manual provisions. Examines case management techniques, including issues of class action, certification, mass torts, and the power of the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer cases. Includes numerous state cases and related developments, convenient for those judges and litigators who typically have no state-specific publication to guide them in complex litigation. Provides full text of the FJC Manual, and extended commentary applying to all types of case. Includes detailed index, and tables of cases, statutes, and rules.