Microsoft To Supreme Court: SCA Does Not Permit Seizure Of Foreign-Stored Emails

Mealey's (January 16, 2018, 8:47 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 11 respondent brief, Microsoft Corp. asks the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that the Stored Communications Act (SCA) does not permit the government to seize, via warrant, emails that are stored abroad, arguing that altering of the 30-year old statute’s reach to address such modern technological matters should be handled via legislation, not litigation (United States v. Microsoft Corp., No. 17-2, U.S. Sup.)....