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Over at The Situationist (where I have blogged in the past), the staff has posted an essay considering the intersection of two topics: the...

Thanks all for the helpful comments, and thanks especially to the DUI attorneys who seem so interested in the intersection between qualified...

In my last post , I explored a few of the problems with the interaction between Pearson and Iqbal : that a civil rights plaintiff is caug...

In my previous posts ( Part I and Part II ), I explained why the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Pearson and Iqbal are problematic ...

In this post I'll continue with an overview of my forthcoming article , Pearson, Iqbal, and Procedural Judicial Activism . In Part I , ...

Thanks again to the staff at Blackbook and the commenters for the welcome. I want to start off by summarizing, in a few parts, my latest art...

Recent legislation seeks to overturn the infamous Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal cases responsible for holding plaintiffs ...