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Accenture employee faked medical leave to work for a competitor while stealing data from Accenture computers
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- USA
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- November 29 2010
The recent case of Accenture, LLP v. Sidhu, 2010 WL 4691944 (N.D. Ca. Nov. 9, 2010) is a classic example of how the 9th Circuit’s holding in LVRC Holdings, LLC v. Brekka, 581 F.3d 1127, 1130-31 (9th Cir. 2009) has led to the dismissal of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) claims (or criminal counts) in circumstances in which an employee is clearly not authorized to access the company computers
Narrow interpretation of CFAA’s jurisdictional “loss” requirement
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- May 26 2010
A district court in Illinois last week granted summary judgment to a defendant on a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") claim by narrowly interpreting the jurisdictional "loss" prerequisite under the CFAA to require a showing that the computer was "impaired" or "suffered an interruption of service
How to prove “loss” for Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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- USA
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- May 11 2010
To bring a civil action based on the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") a plaintiff must show that the alleged violation "caused . . . loss . . . aggregating at least $5,000 in value.”
The 9th Circuit: employees are free to steal from the company computers
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- April 11 2012
Yesterday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion holding that limiting an employee’s access to the company computers solely for business purposes, i.e. not stealing the data for a competitor, cannot be the predicate for a violation of the federal computer crime statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), Title 18, U.S. C. 1030
Legal headhunter sued for stealing confidential data about the portability of partners’ law practices
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- November 15 2010
The legal recruiting business is not immune from Computer Fraud and Abuse Act lawsuits
Can you rely on your corporate computer policies to sue ex-employees who steal company data?
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- December 21 2010
Two recent district court opinions add to the caselaw providing judicial guidance on how employers might update their corporate computer policies to be able to sue ex-employees for stealing company data based on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"), the federal computer crime statute
Holding passwords hostage international extortion foiled
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- USA
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- January 19 2012
In a case recently filed by a Swiss company in federal court in Florida, the company alleged in its complaint that Jerome Westrick, its former computer programmer and minority shareholder, stole a company laptop, hacked into the company’s computer system, changed access codes and passwords, and locked out the company and its customers from getting into its enterprise content management software
Suing employees for computer fraud gets easier
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- USA
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- November 7 2011
Four recent decisions handed down by four different federal courts of appeals during the past year have, in combination, greatly enhanced the ability of businesses to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) as a tool to protect competitively sensitive data and personal information stored in company computers
U.S. v. Nosal re-argued before the 9th Circuit
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- USA
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- December 19 2011
On December 15, 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument en banc in U.S. v. Nosal, 642 F.3d 781 (9th Cir. 2011), reh’g en banc granted (Oct. 27, 2011
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act count dismissed against Goldman Sachs computer programmer charged with stealing source code
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- September 13 2010
A New York federal Judge dismissed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") count charging Sergey Aleynikov, a former computer programmer for Goldman Sachs & Co
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- Firm Name - Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Author - Nick Akerman