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Andrew Pincus is a partner in Mayer Brown LLP and filed an amicus brief in support of Microsoft on behalf of 12 business and consumer organizations. The views expressed are his and not those of his clients.
Andrew Keane Woods is an assistant professor of law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. On one level, United States v. Microsoft Corp. presents a fairly straightforward matter of statutory interpretation.
Jennifer Daskal is an associate professor of law at American University Washington College of Law. With more than 30 amicus briefs filed in the Microsoft Ireland case – including from members of Congress, the European Commission, the Chamber of Commerce, privacy advocates and dozens of media organizations – United States v. Microsoft stands as one of the most closely watched cases this term.
Gregory T. Nojeim is senior counsel and director of the Freedom, Security and Technology Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology. On February 27, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case with global implications for privacy and data protection.
Benjamin D. Battles is the solicitor general of Vermont, which filed an amicus brief with 34 other states and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico in support of the federal government in United States v. Microsoft.
Eric Wenger is the director of cybersecurity and privacy policy at Cisco Systems. This term, the Supreme Court considers two cases addressing government access to electronic data in the hands of third-party providers that prompted Cisco and other leading technology companies to submit amicus briefs.
In 1986, when Congress passed the Stored Communications Act, the World Wide Web did not yet exist; that would not happen until three years later, when British scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented it in Switzerland.