Code of Massachusetts Regulations
207 CMR - CABLE TELEVISION DIVISION
Title 207 CMR 15.00 - ACCELERATED DOCKET FOR DISPUTES INVOLVING COMPETING TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS
Section 15.05 - Complaint and Answer
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) If a matter is accepted for expedited review, the complainant must file its complaint with the Department and serve the respondent. Complaints on the Accelerated Docket shall fully set out the facts and legal theories on which the complainant premises its claims.
(2) Complaints on the Accelerated Docket shall be accompanied, when served on respondents, by copies of all documents, within the complainant's possession, custody, or control, that are likely to bear significantly on the issues raised in the complaint.
(3) Complaints on the Accelerated Docket will bear the following notation in bold typeface above the normal caption on the first page: "Accelerated Docket Proceeding: Answer Due Within Seven Days of Service Date".
(4) The respondent has seven days to file its answer. The answer shall respond fully to all material allegations and shall state fully the nature of any defenses. The answer shall include all documents in the respondent's control that are likely to bear significantly on the issues in the complaint proceeding.
(5) The filing of a separate pleading to reply to affirmative defenses is not permitted in Accelerated Docket proceedings. Complainants in Accelerated Docket proceedings may include, in a pre-initial-status-conference filing, a reply to any affirmative defenses raised by the respondent.
