The 2008-09 Supplement to Evidence: Problems, Cases and Materials includes coverage of several key developments in evidence law, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008 decisions in Giles v. California (addressing forfeiture of Confrontation Clause rights) and Sprint/United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn (addressing Rules 401 and 403), as well as Proposed Federal Rule 502 (addressing waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine). It also includes important lower court decisions, including U.S. v. Curtin (applying Rules 403 and 404 to sexually explicit materials contained on a PDA device), U.S. v. Washington (addressing the applicability of the hearsay rule to computer-generated data), and People v. Rawlins (addressing the admissibility of laboratory reports when challenged on Confrontation Clause grounds).

See also:

• Evidence