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Slides: The Colorado River: Innovation In The Face Of Scarcity, Anne J. Castle
Slides: The Colorado River: Innovation In The Face Of Scarcity, Anne J. Castle
Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes (Martz Summer Conference, June 11-12)
Presenter: Anne J. Castle, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Slides: Restoring The Acequias: Fixing What Wasn't Broken, Will Davidson
Slides: Restoring The Acequias: Fixing What Wasn't Broken, Will Davidson
Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes (Martz Summer Conference, June 11-12)
Presenter: Will Davidson, Acequia Assistance Project
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Can We Learn Anything About Pleading Changes From Existing Data?, Jonah B. Gelbach
Can We Learn Anything About Pleading Changes From Existing Data?, Jonah B. Gelbach
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In light of the gateway role that the pleading standard can play in our civil litigation system, measuring the empirical effects of pleading policy changes embodied in the Supreme Court's controversial Twombly and Iqbal cases is important. In my earlier paper, Locking the Doors to Discovery, I argued that in doing so, special care is required in formulating the object of empirical study. Taking party behavior seriously, as Locking the Doors does, leads to empirical results suggesting that Twombly and Iqbal have had substantial effects among cases that face Rule 12(b)(6) motions post-Iqbal. This paper responds to …