Government Asks 4th Circuit To Reconsider Filter Team’s Review Of Seized Files

Mealey's (January 17, 2020, 12:42 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. —  A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel failed to consider the proper analytical framework when it reversed a trial court’s decision to permit a government-appointed filter team to review documents seized from a law firm for potentially privileged items, the U.S. government says in a Jan. 15 petition for rehearing, asserting that the use of filter teams is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (In re:  Search Warrant Issued June 13, 2019, No. 19-1730, 4th Cir.)....