My Holiday Mice

Last year, a good friend had a holiday party. And the highlight for me was a special confection:  little chocolate mice made from a maraschino cherry dipped in chocolate and attached to a Hershey’s Kiss. The cherry stem makes a tail and the point of the Kiss makes a mouse snout, with sliced almonds for...

Delegating on a Deadline: Opposing Motions to Dismiss

One of my last posts considered a defendant making a motion to dismiss; now let’s consider the plaintiff who is facing one. Even after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the Rule 8 pleading standard favors plaintiffs. There are no “magic words” for pleading...

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