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Antitrust

2010

Max Huffman

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Iqbal, Twombly, And The Expected Cost Of False Positive Error, Max Huffman Feb 2010

Iqbal, Twombly, And The Expected Cost Of False Positive Error, Max Huffman

Max Huffman

Iqbal and Twombly introduced a new standard for pleading federal claims, overruling the five-decades old language from Conley v. Gibson. Instead of plaintiffs being entitled to discovery unless the complaint affirmatively forecloses the possibility of recovery, Iqbal and Twombly require a more searching evaluation of the complaint under an ambiguous “plausibility” standard. The policy behind this increased burden on plaintiffs is to prevent the false positive error that burdensome discovery creates. How the plausibility standard from Iqbal and Twombly should operate in the real world is poorly understood. There is general acknowledgement that no clear guidance exists about how to …


Bridging The Divide? Theories For Integrating Competition Law And Consumer Protection, Max Huffman Jan 2010

Bridging The Divide? Theories For Integrating Competition Law And Consumer Protection, Max Huffman

Max Huffman

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