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Microsoft wins landmark appeal over seizure of foreign emails
July 15, 2016 by elegant · Leave a Comment
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said the U.S. government cannot force Microsoft Corp and other companies to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States. The 3-0 decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan is a defeat for the U.S. Department of Justice and a victory for privacy advocates and for technology companies …
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Microsoft wins landmark appeal over seizure of foreign emails
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U.S. prosecutors launch review of failed FedEx drug case
July 15, 2016 by elegant · Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a rare internal examination of what went wrong in the prosecution of a controversial drug conspiracy case against delivery service Federal Express , the department's top prosecutor in San Francisco told Reuters. The review plays into a broader debate about how the government prosecutes suspected corporate wrongdoing and could influence its approach to such cases in …
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U.S. prosecutors launch review of failed FedEx drug case