1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Now it's time for our Bloomberg Law Report. Let's get 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: the legal stories we're watching this morning with Steve Potus 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: in the Bloomberg Washington news Room. The Ethics Committee intends 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: to probe more trading and conflict of interest allegations against 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: New York Republican Representative Chris Collins, but didn't say if 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: it would pursue further action. The U s. 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Find out more at Bloomberg Law dot com. 14 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: And now let's get a close look at the Supreme 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,639 Speaker 1: Court taking up a dispute between Microsoft in the US government. 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: At issue is whether law enforcement can man data held 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: overseas by technology companies. For more in the case, Bloomberg 18 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: Law host Un Grosso and Michael Best speak with Bloomberg 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: News Supreme Court reporter and Bloomberg Law co host Greg Store. Well, Greg, 20 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,639 Speaker 1: why don't you outline for us exactly what's at stake here? Yeah, So, Michael, 21 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: this is uh really a big fight. It doesn't just 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: affect the Microsoft emails in this case. It could also 23 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: affect any type of electronic data that is stored overseas. Basically, 24 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: the government in this case wanting to get information it 25 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: says is useful in a in a drug investigation. And 26 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Microsoft says this, these emails that you want access to 27 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: are stored in a data facility in Ireland, and the 28 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: question is whether under a federal law that was passed, 29 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: the government can get access to that data once it 30 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: gets a search warrant. Uh. Microsoft and others in the 31 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: technology industry says that law does not let you get 32 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: at data that is being held overseas, only data that 33 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: is being held in the US. So you can just 34 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: imagine all sorts of other digital information that companies have 35 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: stored on the cloud and the question is whether US 36 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: and state law enforcement officials get access to it. And Greg, 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: that's the Stored Communications Act, which there has been a 38 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: lot of mentioning of lately because it's so old in 39 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: this technological age, and Microsoft is saying, well, Congress should 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 1: do something about this. Yeah, Microsoft is saying that, And um, 41 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: I think everybody agrees that Congress should do something about 42 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: it because it is a law that was, as Microsoft said, 43 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: written for an era the floppy disk, not the world 44 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: of the cloud. But of course it's very difficult for 45 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: things to get through Congress. And right now, the court, uh, 46 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: you know, has this law as it's written, and it 47 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: needs to decide one way or the other whether at 48 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: least until Congress acts uh. Law enforcement officials can get 49 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: access to this overseas data. That's blue Berg News Supreme 50 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: Court reporter Gregg's Stores speaking with Bloomberg's June Grasso and 51 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: Michael Best. You can listen to Bloomberg Law weekdays at 52 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: one pm Law Street Time here on Bloomberg Radio, and 53 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: find more legal news at Bloomberg Law dot com. 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