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The interesting part of the story is that Google fought the order to turn over email records because in their contract to NYTimes they had stipulated they must
by adrr 5y ago
The interesting part of the story is that Google fought the order to turn over email records because in their contract to NYTimes they had stipulated they must notify NYtimes of all log requests and the initial order had a gag requirement. Would Google have turned over records if that statement didn’t exist?
- orzig 5y agoI am not anyone’s lawyer but I imagine they would have come up with the next best legal defense if that statement didn’t exist
- Leparamour 5y ago>the initial order had a gag requirement I can never wrap my mind around how this construct can even be lawful in a country supposedly governed by the rule of law. It's like, "Hey, we know we are doing really shady stuff, so we better prevent you from taking legal recourse".