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  1. June 03, 2021

    High Court Curbs Reach Of Tool Used To Go After Insiders

    The U.S. Supreme Court's narrowing of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act on Thursday limits the reach of a law that companies have used to punish rogue insiders, and could prompt Congress to update a computer crime statute passed before the birth of the modern internet.

  2. June 03, 2021

    Supreme Court Narrows Scope Of Computer Crime Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday found that a Georgia police officer did not breach federal computer fraud law by overstepping his authorized access to government records, raising concerns that the U.S. Department of Justice's reading of the statute could criminalize innocuous internet activity.

  3. December 21, 2020

    Privacy And Cybersecurity Developments That Shaped 2020

    The past year has delivered big changes in the privacy and cybersecurity world, from the COVID-19 pandemic spurring a spike in ransomware attacks to an uptick in data collection questions to voters in California backing changes to enhance the state's landmark privacy law.

  4. November 30, 2020

    Justices Unsure If 'Dangerously Vague' CFAA May Do Harm

    Several U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared open Monday to claims that the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is "dangerously vague," and could criminalize innocuous online activity, in a case with immediate consequences for employees charged with abusing access to networks and potential ramifications for millions of everyday internet users.

  5. November 25, 2020

    What To Watch As High Court Takes On Computer Crime Law

    A computer crime law whose scope has been hotly debated since it was passed in 1984 will be in the limelight Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether a Georgia police officer violated federal law by abusing his access to an online government database. Here's a breakdown of three key questions that may arise and could decide where the court ultimately comes down.

  6. September 10, 2020

    5 Noncompete Developments To Watch For As 2020 Ends

    With a recent California high court ruling on how a state law affects business contracts, a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and the impact of COVID-19, there are plenty of developments for employee mobility attorneys to watch out for in the home stretch of 2020. Here, Law360 looks at five issues worth keeping an eye on.

  7. September 04, 2020

    EPIC Says High Court Should Not Limit Scope Of CFAA

    The Eleventh Circuit's reading of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to criminalize exceeding "authorized access" to networks is a vital way to protect government-stored data, the Electronic Privacy Information Center argued in a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief.

  8. August 31, 2020

    CFAA Not Just For External Hackers, Police Tell High Court

    A law enforcement trade group is backing the federal government's bid to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to encompass an ex-Georgia police officer's search of a restricted database for inappropriate purposes, arguing that the statute is meant to cover not only outside hackers but also internal security threats.

  9. August 28, 2020

    CFAA Covers Ex-Cop's Database Search, Feds Tell High Court

    The federal government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve an Eleventh Circuit ruling that broadly construed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to encompass an ex-Georgia police officer's search of a restricted law enforcement database for inappropriate purposes, arguing the statute "unambiguously" covers such conduct.

  10. July 24, 2020

    Privacy And Cybersecurity Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2020

    From two cases that could define the scope of a hotly debated computer crimes law to a U.S. Supreme Court dispute set to rattle the landscape of federal robocall and text message litigation, the second half of 2020 should be busy in the world of cybersecurity and privacy law. Here are five cases worth watching.