On July 1, 2025, a new Virginia law takes effect that aims to make it easier for law enforcement and civil litigants in Virginia to obtain records from providers doing business in the Commonwealth – even if...

California is poised to enact AB-1242 which on Wednesday passed both legislative chambers and is now awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature. AB-1242 prohibits California companies that provide electronic communication services (ECSPs) from complying with out-of-state...

When seeking warrants for email accounts, the Government often asks for all email content stored in the account, even when an investigation relates only to use of the email account for a period of time...

The Supreme Court issued a final order declining to block a subpoena issued by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“Subcommittee”) to the classified advertisement website Backpage.com. The subpoena dates back to October 2015,...

A district court judge rebuked the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York for sending grand jury witness subpoenas with misleading language directing the recipient not to disclose the existence of...

Can states require out-of-state website operators to identify authors of negative reviews? This was the issue addressed by the Supreme Court of Virginia in Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., 2015 WL 1726739 (Va....

On March 27, 2015 Google succeeded in obtaining a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood (“AG”) from Judge Windgate in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...

A California appellate court has rejected Google’s contention that the Stored Communications Act provides a blanket exemption or immunity on service providers against compulsory civil discovery process. A ship manufacturer, Navalimpianti USA Inc., sued Matteo...