So, Are the Gates Up or Down?: Liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in Van Buren v. United States and Your Business
By EsqSocial Corporation 24/06/21
Seeking to resolve a split among the Circuits “regarding the scope of liability under the [Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]’s “exceeds authorized access” clause, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to the appeal of Robert Van Buren, a former Georgia police sergeant whose criminal conviction for violating the act was upheld by the Eleventh Circuit in 2019. Unbeknownst to Van Buren, after developing a “friendly relationship” with and seeking a “personal loan” from Albo, a repeat offender he met...
By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP