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Recognizing risks arising from invasion of privacy claims in the workplace
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- February 13 2013
One of the most significant liabilities that a company in California faces relates to claims that it has invaded an individual's privacy rights
High court may rule on computer law question
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- September 28 2012
At issue is whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act applies to data theft by employees; the circuits are split
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
Holding passwords hostage international extortion foiled
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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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
U.S. v. Nosal re-argued before the 9th Circuit
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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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
Suing employees for computer fraud gets easier
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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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
9th Circuit clarifies Brekka: employees can be criminally prosecuted for violating their employer’s computer policies
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- April 29 2011
In California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho - states covered by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals the answer as of yesterday is an emphatic "YES."
Employees’ informational privacy rights - Supreme Court decides NASA v. Nelson
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- January 31 2011
On January 19, 2011, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of NASA v. Nelson, No. 09-530
The 11th Circuit rejects Brekka and provides guidance on pursuing ex-employees who steal from company computers
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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- USA
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- December 30 2010
This week the 11th Circuit upheld the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") conviction and one-year prison sentence of a former Social Security Administration ("SSA") employee who accessed the agency's computer for non-business reasons
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
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