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Liberalizing Rule 27 in the Twombly/Iqbal Era

Law360 ( November 11, 2009, 7:25 PM EST) -- For fifty years, the accepted pleading standard, set forth in the 1957 decision of Conley v. Gibson, was that no complaint should be dismissed for failing to properly state a claim '"unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief. '"[1]. . .

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