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Cross Writes about Motions to Dismiss in Federal District Court Cases

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) addressed the federal pleading standard – motion to dismiss – in Twombly v. Bell Atlantic Corp. Lower courts have since grappled with the standard. Jeffery M. Cross, a member of the Litigation Practice Group and Antitrust & Trade Regulation Group, suggests that since the motion to dismiss has become standard fare for cases in federal district court, it is important for defendants and plaintiffs to understand the key holdings in the SCOTUS decision and how the lower courts have applied that standard. He writes on the topic in his article “Motions to Dismiss Under Twombly,” which is published in the October-November 2016 issue of Today’s General Counsel magazine. The article is part of Cross' ongoing series “The Antitrust Litigator” as a member of the magazine’s editorial advisory board.

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