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Ninth Circuit en banc decision in Nosal creates federal appellate court split on scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's reach to protect trade secrets

• Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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• USA
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• April 16 2012

In a much anticipated decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in an en banc decision in United States v. Nosal that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") was not intended to cover employee misappropriation of trade secrets, violations of corporate computer use policies or violations of an employee duty of loyalty