Text Messages, Electronic Devices

DOJ Likely to Scrutinize Personal Device and Corporate Chat Policies of Investigation Targets

BakerHostetler on 3/15/2023

Through recent motions filed in district court and a policy memo issued last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has signaled that it has its sights on instant messages and personal devices as potential sources for...more

2017 eDiscovery Case Law Review

Epiq on 1/30/2018

Electronic discovery cases that made headlines in 2017 featured well-known names such as Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to...more

California Supreme Court Rules that Texts and Emails on Personal Devices May Be Considered Public Records

Allen Matkins on 3/10/2017

The California Supreme Court recently held in City of San Jose v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court Case No. S218066, that public employees' digital messages existing in private electronic devices (e.g., smartphones...more

California Enacts CalECPA, Requiring a Search Warrant to Obtain or Access Users’ Electronic Information

Goodwin on 10/15/2015

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the “California ECPA”). This legislation, which takes effect on January 1, 2015, has been heralded by...more

California Joins Other States with the Passage of CalECPA

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/13/2015

Law enforcement requests for electronic information, particularly from technology companies such as Google and Twitter, have skyrocketed in recent years. In response, several states—Maine and Texas in 2013, Utah in 2014 and...more

City Officials Dodge Disclosure of Private Emails and Texts Under Public Records Act

Stoel Rives LLP on 4/1/2014

In a case that seems sure to jump-start legislative activity in Sacramento and throughout the state, the court in City of San Jose v. Superior Court (6th App. Dist., Mar. 27, 2014), held that communications regarding City...more