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U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal

Oct. 17, 2017

US Supreme Court to consider stored communications law

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to take an appeal from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking email data for a criminal investigation that Microsoft Corp. said should not be handed over because it is stored in Ireland.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to take an appeal from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking email data for a criminal investigation that Microsoft Corp. said should not be handed over because it is stored in Ireland.

The dispute began in 2013 when the government requested a warrant to require Microsoft’s disclosure of an email account potentially associated with criminal drug activity. In the Matter of a Warrant to Search a Ce...

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