April 17, 2018
Recently enacted federal legislation permitting prosecutors to reach user data stored abroad may have dealt the knockout blow to a U.S. Supreme Court dispute involving Microsoft, but the ability for service providers to continue to challenge international data grabs under the new regime means more fights aren't far off, attorneys say.
April 17, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a closely watched dispute over the federal government's ability to access data stored abroad by service providers such as Microsoft, agreeing that recently enacted federal legislation that sets standards for such international data grabs mooted the dispute.
April 03, 2018
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday threw its support behind the U.S. Justice Department’s call for the U.S. Supreme Court to abandon its consideration of a long-running dispute over the federal government’s ability to access data stored abroad by service providers, agreeing that recently enacted federal legislation rendered the fight moot.
April 02, 2018
Federal prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to abandon its consideration of a dispute over the government's ability to access data stored abroad by Microsoft and other service providers, arguing that recently enacted federal legislation designed to set clear standards for such international data grabs has resolved the disagreement at the heart of the case.
February 27, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared divided over whether the federal government can use warrants to force Microsoft to turn over data stored overseas, with some justices appearing willing to allow the disclosure and others contemplating whether this access should be curtailed until Congress steps in to say otherwise.
February 23, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up to hear arguments Tuesday in a high-stakes fight over the federal government's ability to access data stored abroad by Microsoft, and court watchers expect the justices to focus on a range of thorny legal and public policy issues in their quest to decide the close question of whether privacy rights or law enforcement needs should prevail.
February 23, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court is closing out its February oral argument session with a blockbuster docket, taking on a key doctrine of antitrust law in a case involving American Express Co. and pondering the fate of public sector unions.
January 18, 2018
The fight over whether the federal government can access data stored abroad by Microsoft continued to heat up Thursday, with the U.S. Supreme Court fielding briefs from U.S. and European lawmakers, Facebook, Google and dozens of others that supported the tech giant's stance that U.S. law doesn't allow authorities to reach this data.
January 16, 2018
Major European trade organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court that if the justices overturn a decision quashing a warrant served on Microsoft and allow the U.S. Department of Justice to grab data stored overseas, they would place international companies in the uncomfortable position of having to choose between violating European privacy laws or an American search warrant.
January 12, 2018
Microsoft has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a ruling preventing the federal government from unilaterally requesting user data that the company stores overseas, arguing Thursday that Congress never meant to expand the government's powers beyond U.S. borders without the cooperation of foreign countries.