United States:
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Resolve Dispute Over U.S. Warrants For Foreign-Stored Data
29 November 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On October 16, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted
the U.S. government's petition for certiorari in United States v.
Microsoft, No. 17-2 (cert. granted Oct. 16, 2017) regarding
the reach of a U.S. warrant over emails stored on a foreign server.
At issue is a 2016 Second Circuit decision that held that warrants
issued under the Stored Communications Act do not extend to emails
and other user data that are stored overseas by a U.S.
provider.
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