4th Amendment And Shared Servers: Lessons From Shkreli

By Claire Johnson and Douglas Young (September 29, 2017, 3:06 PM EDT) -- The prosecution of Martin Shkreli, whom the BBC has called "the most hated man in America," reveals some important lessons about the Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure in the digital corporate context: physical access to documents on a server may trump actual ownership of records. As the use of shared servers increases, foresight and commitment to clear document policies can prevent potentially overbroad and unconstitutional data collection....

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