Written by Maurice Recchia | New York Law Journal, April 2017.

Court of Appeals' 'Facebook' Decision Leaves Many Questions Open

In a newsworthy case in which retail giant Amazon and social media developer Foursquare Labs, among others, submitted friend of the court briefs, the New York Court of Appeals on April 4, 2017, affirmed the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division, First Department, which denied Facebook's motion to quash warrants issued to it by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and denied Facebook's motion to compel disclosure of the district attorney's supporting affidavit to its warrant application.