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The Tao Of Pleading: Do Twombly And Iqbal Matter Empirically?, Patricia W. Hatamyar
The Tao Of Pleading: Do Twombly And Iqbal Matter Empirically?, Patricia W. Hatamyar
American University Law Review
This article is an empirical study of the effect of Bell Atlantic Corp. vs. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), and Ashcroft vs. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009), two recent Supreme Court cases that portend the decline of “notice pleading” in federal civil practice. The article analyzes how Twombly and Iqbal have begun to dismantle the regime of notice pleading by not only discarding the “no set of facts” standard of Conley vs. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957), but by changing or ignoring other principles that federal courts have followed for decades on 12(b)(6) motions. The statistical study then examines …
Six Decrees Of Separation: Settlement Agreements And Consent Orders In Federal Civil Litigation, Anthony Disarro
Six Decrees Of Separation: Settlement Agreements And Consent Orders In Federal Civil Litigation, Anthony Disarro
American University Law Review
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What The Federal Circuit Can Learn From The Supreme Court-And Vice Versa, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
What The Federal Circuit Can Learn From The Supreme Court-And Vice Versa, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.