The legal and online arenas have been abuzz the last several days in response to the Ninth Circuit’s issued en banc opinion in U.S v. Nosal, 2012 WL 1176119 (9th Cir. April 10, 2012), addressing the reach and scope of the oft-litigated and controversial, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), codified at 18 U.S.C. § […]
Category: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
Cloud Security, Data Breaches and the CFAA
Attorney Rich Santalesa provided commentary for a Business Insurance article titled, “Managing Cloud Computing Security Requires Planning” available at http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120115/NEWS07/301159998#full_story. And Santalesa comments again in an Information Week article dealing with a CFAA-related sentencing: “Patient Data Theft Sends IT Specialist To Jail” available at http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/security-privacy/232400459
District Ct. Holds Use of Facebook at Work Does Not Violate the CFAA
Every now and then we wonder what goes through the mind of some litigation parties and their respective attorneys. Case in point the ongoing case of Wendi J. Lee v. PMSI, Inc., 8:10-cv-2904, out of the U.S. Middle District of Florida within the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Lee filed suit against PMSI, her […]
