Wake Up Call: Microsoft, Justice Dept. Agree SCOTUS Email Case is Moot

• Microsoft Corp.'s Orrick lawyers yesterday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief agreeing with the Justice Department that the new federal CLOUD Act moots their dispute over law-enforcement access to emails stored overseas. The law, enacted March 23 as part of the massive spending bill, lays out rules for international data requests by U.S. law enforcement and makes it easier for tech companies to navigate conflicts between government demands and customer privacy expectations. ( National Law Journal ) ( Bloomberg )

• Law-firm consultant Kent Zimmermann claims he just achieved a legal industry first in a likely lucrative three-day stretch. The Zeughauser Group principal, a former ...