January 24, 2017
The full Second Circuit on Tuesday narrowly rejected the federal government's bid for the court to revisit a July panel ruling that found that service providers such as Microsoft can't be forced to turn over user data that is stored overseas, preserving the landmark victory for Microsoft.
October 17, 2016
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch on Sunday criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for challenging a recent Second Circuit decision favoring Microsoft that restricted the government's ability to access data stored overseas rather than working with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to resolve the issue through legislation.
October 14, 2016
The federal government asked the Second Circuit on Thursday to rehear a ruling rejecting its bid to use search warrants to access consumer data stored overseas by service providers like Microsoft Corp., saying the panel's decision breaks from two decades of enforcement and compliance with Stored Communications Act warrants for the disclosure of email content.
July 14, 2016
The Second Circuit on Thursday backed Microsoft's stance that the U.S. government cannot use search warrants to reach customer data stored overseas, drawing a clear line in the sand for what service providers are expected to do when it comes to law enforcement demands and boosting the tech industry's profile abroad.
July 14, 2016
The Second Circuit ruled Thursday that the U.S. government can't use search warrants to access consumer data stored overseas by service providers such as Microsoft, handing a win to the tech giant in its fight against a warrant seeking access to a user's email data located in Ireland.
June 21, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision limiting the potential for bringing civil claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for conduct abroad supports Microsoft's contention that the government can't use a search warrant to access consumer data stored overseas, the company told the Second Circuit on Tuesday.
June 07, 2016
An Irish privacy group has weighed in on the U.S. government's hotly contested dispute with Microsoft Corp. over whether the company must share emails housed on a server in Ireland under the Stored Communications Act, telling the Second Circuit Tuesday the government is misstating current European Union law.
May 26, 2016
The U.S. government says Microsoft is wrong to suggest that the European Union's recent passage of sweeping data protection reforms has any bearing on a hotly contested Second Circuit dispute over whether the government can use a search warrant to access consumer data stored overseas.
April 18, 2016
Microsoft on Friday pressed the Second Circuit to consider the European Union’s recent passage of sweeping data protection reforms as the court gears up to issue its hotly anticipated ruling on whether the U.S. government can use search warrants to reach consumer data stored overseas by service providers.
December 24, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide a pair of privacy disputes that are poised to have a lasting impact on the ebb and flow of consumer class action litigation, while lower courts will have their hands full with challenges to data security claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission and a warrant for data stored overseas by Microsoft. Here, privacy attorneys flag some of the major cases that they will be keeping their eye on in 2016.