ACLU files lawsuit to block customs and border searches of electronic devices

Last week I reported that the New York City Bar Association  issued an ethics opinion holding that lawyers must take reasonable precautions to protect confidential information if the lawyer is searched by U.S border/customs agents.

In a related story, now comes news that the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have sued the Department of Homeland Security to block U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel from searching travelers’ electronic devices without warrants.

TechDirt has a comment here.  The Law for Lawyers Today has more information here.  You can read the complaint here.