The 2020–21 Stone Competition Has Begun!

With the announcement of teams and issues earlier today, the 2020–21 Harlan Fiske Stone Competition has finally begun! This year 22 teams (comprised of 44 students) will brief and argue their case before a panel of judges during Qualifying Rounds on November 16, 17, and 19, 2020. Wish them luck!

This year's participants include: 

Benjamin Apfel, Alexander T Canzoneri, Brett Christensen, Warren Chu, Matthew Clarida, Connor Clerkin, Benjamin Covington, Mingqian Ding, Christopher Dinkel, Madeleine Durbin, Adaeze Eze, Angie Garcia, Josue Guerra, Megan Hirsh, Ruth Hirsch, Qifan Huang, Freya Jamison, Tyler Jankauskas, Britt Jordan, Bobby Kim, Kodjo Kumi, Hanna Lauritzen, Connie Lee, Morrease Leftwich, Jessica Lim, Andrew Mange,  John  Martin, Lorenzo Martinez, Alak Mehta, Damonta Morgan, Mai-Lee Picard, Tyler Ross, Gregory Smith, Ezra Spiro, Wilson Stamm, Casey Sumner, Christopher Sundquist, Vineet Surapaneni, Taylor Sutton, Samuel Truesdell, Christine Wang, Samuel Weitzman, and Wendy Xiao.

Additionally, this year's case, United States of America ex rel. Moore v. Confluence Bank, N.A., No. 20-500619 (5th Cir. filed Oct. 8, 2020), is a fictional qui tam suit focused on the CARES Act's Paycheck Protection Program Rule.