Amici Supporting Microsoft Condemn SCA Nondisclosure Orders In 2nd Circuit

Mealey's (February 1, 2021, 10:14 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — In a Jan. 27 amicus curiae brief supporting Microsoft Corp. in a dispute with law enforcement personnel, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations added to a chorus of amici warning the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the government’s now-common practice of obtaining a nondisclosure order along with a warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) often does not comply with the strict scrutiny standards of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and threatens to chill free speech and grant undue power to the government....