McGlinchey in the News
Experts Fear Civil Rights Rollback in Ruling on Border Data Searches
Member Dhruv Sharma (Irvine) was quoted in an April 7 article in Digital Privacy News regarding the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling allowing U.S. Border Patrol agents to search travelers’ cellphones and laptops without a warrant.
That’s because “many people now carry a trove of sensitive information on their phones and laptops,” said Dhruv Sharma, a member of the commercial litigation practice group at McGlinchey Stafford in Irvine, Calif.
“For attorneys and other professionals, this concern is heightened and could create a conflict with duties to protect client confidentiality,” he told Digital Privacy News.
Read the full article here.