J.R.McHale

**The Complaint:** [pdf](http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/microsoftcomplaint.pdf); 17 pages (April 14, 2016)

**Statement of Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer (Brad Smith):** [Keeping Secrecy the Exception, Not the Rule: An Issue for Both Consumers and Businesses](http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/04/14/keeping-secrecy-exception-not-rule-issue-consumers-businesses/#sm.0000042ekhocn0ejow78nei304muu) (April 14, 2016)

**News Report:** [Microsoft Sues Justice Department to Protest Electronic Gag Order Statute](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/technology/microsoft-sues-us-over-orders-barring-it-from-revealing-surveillance.html?_r=1) (April 14, 2016) – New York Times

**Legal Analysis:**

[A New Lawsuit from Microsoft: No More Gag Orders!](https://www.justsecurity.org/30583/challenge-microsoft-gag-orders/) (April 14, 2016) – law professor Jennifer Daskal at JustSecurity

[Why Microsoft’s Fight with the Government Should Overshadow Apple’s – the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Two Law Professors Explain Its Significance](https://www.inverse.com/article/14348-why-microsoft-s-fight-with-the-government-should-overshadow-apple-s) (April 15, 2016) – Inverse

**Related:** [House Panel’s Bill Strengthens Privacy for Older Emails](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/13/us/politics/ap-us-congress-email-privacy.html) – New York Times