Ms. Alvarado's call came the following morning, her voice carrying the careful, measured gravity Ivy had learned, over years of legal proceedings, to associate with genuinely significant developments.
"I've reviewed the appellate filing," Alvarado said. "I want to walk you through exactly what's being argued, so you understand the actual scope of the risk rather than just the alarming headline version."
"Please."
"Petrovsky's team is arguing that Elena Voss's internal documentation — the memos and records that formed a substantial part of the original prosecution's case — were obtained through improper channels, specifically that her access to certain files after her formal resignation from the Federation may have violated data protection statutes in the jurisdiction where the documents
