In July, the Fourth Circuit weighed in on the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in
WEC Carolina Energy Solutions, LLC v. Miller and found that the CFAA is not broad enough to impose liability on an employee who has
lawful access to his employer's electronic information but later
misuses that information - such as by stealing the employer's electronic
trade secrets. In taking this narrow approach to the CFAA and siding
with the Second and Ninth Circuits, the Fourth
Circuit has widened the circuit split over whether the CFAA applies to
disloyal employees who violate the computer use policies of their
employer. In this Legal Alert, Audra Dial and John Moye discuss the
Fourth Circuit's recent ruling and its impact for employers
drafting computer use policies as well as companies pursuing trade
secret claims through the CFAA.
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A blog relating to Internet legal issues by Professor John Swinson, University of Queensland
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