Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

If your practice involves discovery, chances are you have been on the receiving end (and maybe the dispensing end) of prolix boilerplate general objections in response to interrogatories or document demands.  Whatever logic may have led to the development of a laundry list of blasé general objections, courts have made clear that they are ineffective

Bankruptcy practitioners should be aware of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, (2009), which confirmed a new, more subjective standard for evaluating whether a complaint complies with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2). That Rule, which applies to adversary proceedings pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy