<p>Google Inc. (GOOG), facing a trial overwhether it broke wiretapping laws when it scanned users' e-mails, asked a California federal judge to let it ask a highercourt to review her interpretation of the law.</p><p>U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose last month saidplaintiffs could pursue allegations that Google violated federallaw by reading private e-mails of subscribers to its Gmailservice to build user profiles and aid advertisers. Google saidher reading of the law was so "novel" as to require review.</p><p>"This court's ruling that Google might be found liable forillegal wiretapping because of its operation of its Gmail systemmade national headlines, and has already spurred copycatlitigation against other e-mail service providers," Google saidyesterday in a court filing. "The court's ruling was a novelinterpretation of wiretapping statutes enacted and amended byCongress long before the rise of the Internet."</p><p>Users of Gmail and other e-mail services from statesincluding Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida contend inthe suit that Google, operator of the world's largest searchengine, "does not disclose the extent of its processing,"according to a May 16 court filing. The case consolidates sevenindividual and group lawsuits.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-10/google-seeks-to-appeal-u-s-judge-s-gmail-wiretap-ruling.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/10/10/61925.htm">Google Wants Wiretap Law Review Before Trial</a> (Courthouse News Service)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d_thcdBpqx05_CMsAGjRM19PWLj2M&ned=us">7 additional articles.</a></p>