Before we look too deeply into our crystal ball we should take a step back to see why anybody even cared about Form 18. Since 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (specifically rule 84 and the ...
For nearly a decade, complaints in almost all civil suits have been examined under the “plausibility standard” introduced by the Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and reiterated two ...
Lyda v. CBS Corp., (Fed. Cir. Sept. 30, 2016) (Before Reyna, Hughes, and Stoll, J.) (Opinion for the court, Stoll, J.) The Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) for ...