Anything but General: Pleading Scienter in Rule 9(b) Claims.

The article examines how Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) creates a heightened pleading standard for fraud claims, and requires that lawyers plead circumstances of fraud with particularity. It mentions that courts have increased the standard for pleading scienter under Rule 9(b), but not in a consistent fashion. It also mentions that Lawyers in circuits need not to rest on general statements of intent for fraud claims.