Welcome back for another week of What’s Next, where we report on the intersection of law and technology. This week, we survey the next Fourth Amendment battlegrounds in light of a groundbreaking district court decision over constitutional rights at the border. Plus, two data hostage negotiators share their best practices for talking it out with bad actors. And we geek out over Google v. Oracle. Let’s chat: Email me at [email protected] and follow me on Twitter at @a_lancaster.


ICE and CBP Searches Violate Fourth Amendment, Judge Rules

For the first time, a federal judge has collapsed the distinction between manual and forensic searches by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.