United States:
Ninth Circuit Holds Accessing Database Violates Computer Fraud And Abuse Act And Economic Espionage Act
19 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On July 15, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in United States
v. Nosal, No. 14-10037 (9th Cir. July 15, 2016), holding that
defendant Nosal violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and
Economic Espionage Act by logging in to a database with the
username and password of a "willing currently-employed
accomplice."
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