Our March 22, 2018 our readers were directed to a post published on our sister Anticorruption Blog which discussed the at the time proposed The CLOUD Act.  The act was signed into law as part of the Omnibus Spending Bill on March 23, 2018.  In Part 2 of her article, Ericka Johnson focuses on The Act’s vocal critics who raise privacy concerns and addresses the EU’s  cautious approach.

Regardless of its merits, the new law likely moots the Microsoft case in the U.S. Supreme Court. It appears settled that U.S. authorities can obtain U.S. digital information stored internationally.  The full post is available here.