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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Will CBP Search Your Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?

Cell phone and laptop searches do happen but they are relatively rare. Although the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures is drastically reduced at a port of entry, as are expectations of...more

Alston & Bird

A Border Search Doctrine Without Borders? A Court Pushes Back Against Searches of Laptops and Cellphones

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Last year, the Supreme Court in Riley v. California (134 S. Ct. 2473 (2014)) recognized the unique characteristics of laptops and cellphones and held that police generally may not search the cellphone of an individual who has...more

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