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Going Mobile: Mobile Device Data in Criminal Investigations

Cimplifi on 2/14/2025

While data from mobile devices is more frequently responsive in civil litigation than ever before, “true crime” aficionados know it’s routinely useful in criminal investigations. We take our devices with us and use them...more

CLOUD Act Aims for Clear Skies: Bipartisan CLOUD Act Seeks to Clarify Law Enforcement Access to Overseas Data

Bracewell LLP on 2/16/2018

In October 2017, the Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s petition to review the Second Circuit’s decision that limits the reach of warrants issued under the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”). Specifically, the...more

Carpenter v. United States Privacy Case Pushes Supreme Court to Decide Fourth Amendment Protections of Cell Phone Metadata

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 1/30/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may become one of the defining consumer privacy cases of our generation. The central question in Carpenter v. United States asks whether the government violates the Fourth...more

Drawing the Line: Supreme Court Addresses Major Privacy Rights in Cell Phone Dispute

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/4/2017

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Timothy Carpenter, a man convicted and sentenced to 116 years for his role in a series of armed robberies. In proving his guilt, prosecutors...more

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Today in Major Case Regarding Cell Phone Location Privacy

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/30/2017

In Carpenter v. United States, federal investigators sought cellphone location data for a set of persons suspected in a series of robberies. The Fourth Amendment prevents the government from conducting unreasonable searches...more

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