Perspective
Jul. 13, 2016
Major CFAA ruling already showing impact in new decision
The 9th Circuit's much-anticipated ruling in a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act case last week is already showing its impact in a case involving unauthorized access to Facebook's computers. By Jonathan H. Blavin
Last week, a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delved yet again into contours of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which provides, as an element of the offense, that a defendant have "knowingly ... access[ed] a protected computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access."
The 9th Circuit revisited the government's prosecution of David Nosal, a former director of the executive sea...
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