Yahoo Tells Supreme Court ECPA Does Not Give Decedent’s Family Access To Emails

Mealey's (March 20, 2018, 10:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a May 5 reply brief supporting its petition for certiorari, the successor to Yahoo! Inc. urges the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling granting a deceased man’s siblings access to his email account, arguing that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) does not permit such access absent an account holder’s consent (Oath Holdings Inc. v. Marianne Ajemian, et al., No. 17-1005, U.S. Sup.)....