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Software programmer criminally charged for hacking former employer's network

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 14 2013

The federal Department of Justice recently filed criminal charges against a 41-year old software programmer and system manager who hacked into his

Customer list not secret enough

  • Sherman & Howard LLC
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  • USA
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  • May 9 2013

An employer was unable to protect the confidentiality of its customer list, because it failed to present any evidence that the list was worthy of

Workplace confidentiality: more about insisting on privacy!

  • Stewart McKelvey
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  • Canada
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  • May 8 2013

The common law privacy right, or the tort of intrusion upon seclusion, arrived in Canada with Jones v. Tsige. That case arose when a bank employee

No damages? Illinois federal court tosses Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim alleging hacking of law firm network

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 13 2013

An Illinois federal court recently found in the favor of the defendant on a plaintiff's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim because the plaintiff

Federal jury finds executive recruiter guilty stealing trade secrets from former employer in order to start competing business

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 1 2013

On April 24, 2013, a federal jury in the Northern District of California found former KornFerry International corporate executive recruiter, David

If you expect privacy and confidentiality at the workplace take steps to get it!

  • Stewart McKelvey
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  • Canada
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  • April 11 2013

the employer had to trust Ms. Steel to only access such documents as part of the performance of her duties and to follow the protocols when

California Federal Court dismisses computer fraud and state unfair competition claims alleged against ex-employees accused of stealing computer source code

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

A designer and marketer of stereophonic technology for presenting 3-D imaging on a computer screen recently sued some ex-employees in a California

An employer is free to view an employee’s personal USB flash drive if connected to a professional computer

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
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  • April 19 2013

In a ruling on February 12, 2013 (no. 11-28.649), the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) held that an employer could access the data contained

Loose lips sink... providers?

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Can a medical corporation be directly liable under New York law for breaching its common law fiduciary duty of confidentiality when a non-physician

Stored Communications Act prevents email service providers from complying with subpoenas for content of emails

  • Arnold & Porter LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 29 2013

A recent Northern District of California decision has restricted the right of litigants to obtain certain information from third-party email service