Comments on: Twombly: Good, Bad, or Who Cares? http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/05/24/twombly-good-bad-or-who-cares/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Antitrust Review http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/05/24/twombly-good-bad-or-who-cares/#comment-6770 Wed, 30 May 2007 14:46:40 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2007/05/24/twombly-good-bad-or-who-cares/#comment-6770 Antitrust News & Notes…

As has been widely reported, the FTC is examining Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick.

The ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law has seminar on the new e-discovery rules and antitrust on June 27.

Yesterday, U.S. District Court …

]]> By: Thom http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/05/24/twombly-good-bad-or-who-cares/#comment-6769 Fri, 25 May 2007 18:12:05 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2007/05/24/twombly-good-bad-or-who-cares/#comment-6769 Welcome back, Josh. I, too, have been buried with grading. Am just about finished.

Based on my experience as a litigator, I believe Twombly’s effect will be significant OUTSIDE the antitrust context. Conley’s nasty little “no set of facts” language mucked up many a motion to dismiss (or, more accurately, many a reply brief to a motion to dismiss — the plaintiff would always quote Conley in the response brief). I’m thrilled that a majority of the Court has agreed that Conley’s “no set of facts” language has, in Justice Souter’s words, “earned its retirement.”

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