Laura Anderson and Miranda Rowley

I.  Whether, under the Fourth Amendment, the government must secure a warrant issued upon probable cause to directly obtain, from a non-medical commercial service that performs DNA analysis, genetic information related to a medical condition.

II.  Whether, under the Fourth Amendment, the government must have reasonable suspicion to perform a forensic search of an electronic device seized at the United States border.

III.  Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 106 applies to the remainder of or related oral statements, and whether the Rule permits the receipt of otherwise inadmissible evidence.

Last practice March 23.

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Alex Padua, Engram Wilkinson, Shandyn Pierce

ADA

Last practice March 19.

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Jonathan Ebneyamin, Casey Trang, and Ryan Fallgatter

(1) Did  appellant  consent  to  a  blood  draw  by  virtue  of  California’s implied  consent  statute  and  his  decision  to  drive  on  California  roads  after drinking? 

(2) Did  appellant  expressly  consent  to  a  blood  draw  when  he  applied for  a  California  driver’s  license?  Alternatively,  does  the  good  faith exception  to  the  exclusionary  rule  apply  here  if  police  believed  they  were conducting  a  lawful  search  in  light  of  Vehicle  Code  section  23612 section 13384  ?

Last practice April 3.

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Eisha Perry, Monika Darwish, and Gian Gualco-Nelson

The US Supreme Court granted cert on the following two issues:

1. Whether claims challenging certain statements describing a company’s environmental commitments, practices, and risks are inactionable under 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) as a matter of law, and whether those claims adequately plead scienter.

2. Whether a claim for control person liability under 15 U.S.C. § 78t(a) requires an allegation that the control person was a culpable participant in the primary violation.

Last practice March 28.

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