Geier v. Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.

How courts have described this case

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• applying Rule 9(b)’s heightened pleading standard to a civil conspiracy to commit fraud claim
• “The Geiers’ civil conspiracy allegations are threadbare accusations that fail to state a claim, let alone 11 meet the heightened pleading standard required by Rule 9(b).”
• first citing Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., 290 F.3d 42 (1st Cir. 2002), and then citing Lans v. Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg L.L.P., 786 F, Supp. 2d 240, 267 n.16 (D.D.C. 2011)
• “When a case arises from breach of contract and there is no allegation that the contract was negotiated, entered into, performed, or breached in the District of Columbia, specific personal jurisdiction cannot be exercised in the District of Columbia on a claim arising from such a contract.”

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