Microsoft Warrants Case

This morning, Kent Walker, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Google, gave a speech to a packed audience at the Heritage Foundation, laying out the need for new laws…

It’s been almost a year since the Second Circuit issued its decision in the Microsoft Ireland case, ruling that U.S. warrant authority pursuant to the Electronic Communications…

On Tuesday, I posted the Second Circuit’s denial of the petition for rehearing en banc in the Microsoft case and promised to write more. I have now done so (via Slate); the piece…

Yesterday evening, the government filed its petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc in the Microsoft Ireland case. Throughout the brief, the government warns of both the…

DOJ filed the attached motion tonight, seeking rehearing or reaching en banc in the Microsoft Ireland case.  In the government’s words: “The [panel] Opinion has created…

In a lengthy post yesterday, Greg Nojeim and Ross Shulman take aim at the newly proposed legislation from DOJ that would permit the cross-border sharing of data for law enforcement…

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…

As readers no doubt already know, the Second Circuit today issued a surprise ruling in the Microsoft Ireland warrant case — siding with Microsoft. The result: location of data…

Last week, the Second Circuit heard oral argument in the Microsoft Ireland case (transcript). The dispute raises a number of pressing questions about the Electronic Communications…

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr responds, point by point, to my disagreement with his take on the Microsoft warrant case. I thank Kerr for continuing the conversation,…