Below is a resource regarding pleadings, including subjects such as the complaint, answer, plausibility, amendments, and relation-back.

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MBE Pleadings review Spring 2015

This video covers selected issues regarding pleadings. Topics covered include:

  • Complaint
  • Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim
  • Conley (fair notice) and Twombly/Iqbal (plausibility)
  • Answer (admit/deny/deemed denials, counter/crossclaims, defenses)
  • Heightened pleadings, FRCP 9(b)
  • Amendments (as a matter of course, by consent, by leave of court)
  • Relation back

JD Pleadings review Spring 2015

This video, presented to a JD class, covers selected issues regarding pleadings. Topics covered include:

  • Rule 11
  • Rule 8(b)(2) and Rule 12(b)(6)
  • Conley and Iqbal/Twombly
  • Rule 9(b)
  • Entry of default and Default judgment
  • Pre-answer motions under Rule 12
  • Waiver and consolidation under Rule 12 (the "initial response" rule)
  • How to answer a complaint
  • Amendments
  • Relation-back