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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Will CBP Search Your Employee’s Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?

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Cell phone and laptop searches do happen but they are relatively rare. Although the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures is drastically reduced at a port of entry, as are expectations of...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Think Before You Pack that Laptop—Searches At The U.S. Border May Compromise Personal And Corporate Data

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A new decision from the First Circuit upholding the federal government’s authority to search the electronic devices of anyone entering the United States — in some instances without a warrant, probable cause, or even...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Can They Really Do That?

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Best Practices for Managing U.S. Border Searches of Electronic Devices - Effective October 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration & Customs...more

Snell & Wilmer

On the Border: Lawmakers Seek to End Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices by Border Authorities

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The controversial practice of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents randomly demanding that Americans turn over passwords to their mobile devices so they can be searched at the border and at ports of entry may be...more

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