Authored by Bruce P. Keller, Phil Malone, Cyberlaw Clinic

Issue Presented for Review:

Should the application of Massachusetts GeneralLaw, Chapter 276, § 3A, which requires search warrants to be executed and returned within seven days ofissuance, be expanded to also require that the complex and time-consuming forensic review and analysis of thecontents of a computer seized pursuant to a warrant be completed within the same seven-day period?