SUPREME COURT: “The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether technology firms with U.S. operations have to retrieve electronic information stored abroad if American authorities demand it under U.S. law.
Law enforcement officials say they need the ability to compel U.S.-based firms to comply with subpoenas and search warrants, but the companies argue that giving American investigators the right to do that will lead to foreign governments demanding data stored on U.S. soil.
In an order Monday, the justices accepted the Justice Department’s request to review a 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision from last year that found Microsoft was not obliged to provide data stored in Ireland to comply with an American warrant…
The Supreme Court is likely to hear arguments on the issue early next year.”
-Josh Gerstein, “Supreme Court to hear case on accessing data stored abroad,” Politico, Oct. 16, 2017 10:59am