Government To 2nd Circuit: Microsoft Gag Orders Do Not Violate 1st Amendment

Mealey's (March 23, 2021, 1:44 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Nondisclosure orders forbidding Microsoft Corp. from informing a client, or a representative thereof, about a warrant that compelled contents of its email accounts do not violate Microsoft’s free speech rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. government argues in a March 19 brief in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, asserting that the orders are narrowly tailored to protect an ongoing criminal investigation....