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Symposium Recap: We Need the Cloud Act To Save Us & What Bill Dodge Got Right

Arguments in the Microsoft Ireland case are now less than a week away.  Despite the desires of many (including me) that Congress move quickly to pass the CLOUD Act – and thereby…

Microsoft (Ireland) and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Microsoft (Ireland) raises a difficult policy question about when and how U.S. law enforcement may access cross-border data. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court is seemingly set to…

“Extraterritorial” Is Not a Bad Word, Even on the Internet

In the world of Internet policy, it is a slur to call something an assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction.  Coverage of, for example, Canada’s recent ruling against Google…

United States v. Microsoft: Why the Government Should Win the Statutory Interpretation Argument

In United States v. Microsoft, the U.S. Supreme Court will determine the geographic scope of Section 2703 of the Stored Communications Act (SCA), which allows the government to…

Microsoft Ireland: Extraterritoriality Step Zero

United States v. Microsoft is a fascinating case because it appears at the cross-roads of so many different areas of the law—the Fourth Amendment, criminal law, data privacy,…

Recent Rule 41 Changes: A Catch-22 for Journalists

In early December, the final effort in the Senate to delay amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure was blocked, putting the updates into effect and making…
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Rule 41 Has Been Updated: What’s Needed Next

On December, 1, the revised version of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 went into effect. The Department of Justice, which first proposed an earlier (and more expansive) version…
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Whose World Is This?: US and UK Government Hacking

On both sides of the Atlantic, we are witnessing the dramatic expansion of government hacking powers. In the United States, a proposed amendment to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules…
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