Barnes v. AT & T Pension Benefit Plannonbargained Program

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• noting that “the vast majority of courts presented with the issue have extended Twombly’s heightened pleading standard to affirmative defenses”
• holding 11 defendant’s “arguments regarding prejudice cannot rescue its otherwise legally insufficient 12 affirmative defenses”
• explaining that Rule 12(f) motions can 13 save time and money, but also are generally disfavored because of the potential for delay tactics 14 and the limited importance of pleadings in federal practice
• striking an affirmative defense in a class action suit where the affirmative defense contests that plaintiff failed to argue various required elements to state a prima facie case
• “Applying the [Twombly/Iqbal ] standard will also serve to weed out the boilerplate listing of affirmative defenses which is commonplace in most defendants’ pleadings where many of the defenses alleged are irrelevant to the claims asserted”
• applying Twombly standard to defense of failure to state a claim

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