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Cell-phone Location And The Fourth Amendment: What Chatrie v. United States Means For White Collar Defense
The Supreme Court's decision in Chatrie v. United States establishes that obtaining cell-phone location data from third-party technology companies constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, even when collected briefly and held by a third party. This landmark ruling rejects the third-party doctrine in the context of location data and raises critical questions about government access to other digital records like purchase histories, search logs, and financial transactions. The decision provides defense
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