Judge Quashes Insurer’s Subpoena On Google Seeking Firm’s Emails

Mealey's (February 10, 2017, 9:53 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on Feb. 7 quashed a subpoena served on Google Inc. by Allstate Insurance Co., finding that documents the insurer requested related to records from email accounts associated with a law firm accused of submitting fraudulent insurance claims are shielded from discovery by the Stored Communications Act (SCA) (Allstate Insurance Co. v. Lighthouse Law P.S. Inc., et al., No. C15-1976RSL, W.D. Wash., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17284)....