In December 2017, the European Commission filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to respect the principles of international comity and territoriality when interpreting U.S. law. The case raises the question of whether the United States can oblige Microsoft to hand over information stored on a server owned by one of Microsoft's EU subsidiaries and physically located in Ireland.

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