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BakerHostetler

The ‘Long Arm’ of CIPA and Its Newfound Pen-Trap Claims

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In our January 18, 2024 post, “The Next Chapter of CIPA Litigation: The Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device,” we discussed the new trend in California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) litigation, where it came from, and...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Government Urges High Court to Moot Microsoft Email Case

We’ve written several times about the landmark dispute between the U.S. government and Microsoft Corp. over access to a customer’s emails stored in Ireland. Now, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Google Puts Its SCA Warrant Appeal on Hold as High Court Prepares to Hear Microsoft Case

The fight over the privacy of electronic communications and the government’s ability to reach emails stored abroad in criminal investigations has finally moved to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Microsoft Corp. v. United States in Law Enforcement Access Row

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Last Monday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Microsoft search warrant case, a case in which Microsoft challenged the U.S. government’s right to use the warrant process to obtain certain emails stored overseas. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Justice Department Accuses Google of “Alarming” Tactics in Fight over SCA Search Warrant

The ongoing dispute between the government and Google concerning the company’s refusal to hand over customer data stored on foreign servers has taken an odd twist. Now, the Justice Department is demanding that Google be...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Another Rematch Between Tech Companies and the Government over the Territorial Reach of the Stored Communications Act

Lawyers for the tech community are gearing up for argument next month in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, seeking to overturn another magistrate’s order that requires digital information stored outside of the U.S. to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Blurring The Line Between Foreign and Domestic: The Expansion of Search Warrant Powers Overseas

A dispute in California federal court over whether Google must turn over documents stored overseas in response to a search warrant may have major implications for white collar practitioners and their clients. Last week Google...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Digital Divide Deepens: Tech Community Backs Second Circuit in Clash with Magistrates over Reach of U.S. Warrants

The technology community took aim at a recent federal magistrate’s ruling that ordered Google Inc. to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored on servers abroad, calling the decision “an impermissible...more

Bracewell LLP

Tech Rally – Industry Giants Back Google's Play to Protect Data

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On March 10, 2017, Google Inc. filed its objection to a Pennsylvania magistrate judge's order to comply with search warrants and turn over personal user data partially stored on foreign servers abroad. A number of technology...more

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Google Ruling May Give Government an Opening to Broaden its Power Under Outdated Stored Communications Act

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As technology progresses and the world becomes even more interconnected, the scope of the Stored Communications Act (“SCA” or “Act”) has become a topic of much interest in the federal courts. One question courts have grappled...more

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