Washington judge rules in favor of Microsoft, against government gag order

‘US District Judge James L. Robart refused the US government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Microsoft challenging the constitutionality of gag orders that require the company to secretly turn over users’ emails.
Last April, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleging that the government’s requests for user data and information were violating its customers’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
Microsoft argues that their customers have a right to know when the government obtains a warrant to read their emails, and they have a right to tell their customers when the government has made such a request.’
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