..at least that's how U.S. Magistrate Thomas Reuter sitting in PHL (it is within the 3rd Circuit of Appeal jurisdiction) sees it right now. * "The Government urges this court to depart from the Second Circuit's reasoning in Microsoft and compel disclosure by Google of the relevant electronic data. See Gov't Reply at 3-25. The Government argues that the Microsoft decision is incorrect, inconsistent with the weight of authority, not binding on this court, and should not be followed. For the reasons that follow, this court concludes that compelling Google to disclose to the Government the data that is the subject of the warrants does not constitute an unlawful extraterritorial application of the Act."* The opinion is embedded in a link in the first line of the story. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-07/a-new-reason-for-foreigne... -Carlton ============================== *Carlton A Samuels* *Mobile: 876-818-1799Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================