Google Fights Las Vegas Warrant for Keyword Search Data

Google has challenged a Las Vegas police warrant seeking search-query data tied to a July homicide, calling it an "illegal general warrant" in Clark County court. A hearing was set for late October. No federal appellate court has ruled on whether reverse keyword warrants violate the Fourth Amendment.

• Google seeks to quash a reverse keyword warrant from Las Vegas police
• The warrant is tied to the July killing of a homeless woman
• Colorado and Pennsylvania courts reached opposite conclusions on such warrants
• No federal appellate court has ruled on their constitutionality