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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Privacy Litigation Alert: California Court Dismisses Attorney General's Mobile App Privacy Suit Against Delta, Offers Little...

by David Marty, Tyler G. Newby | Fenwick & West LLP on 5/15/2013

A California Superior Court judge has dismissed with prejudice a privacy suit brought by California Attorney General Kamala Harris against Delta Airlines. The complaint, filed in December of 2012, alleged that Atlanta-based...more

Ninth Circuit Scales Back CFAA Application to Data Misappropriation Cases

by Fenwick & West LLP on 8/9/2012

Aggrieved employers have often turned to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (the "CFAA") in suing former employees that allegedly absconded with information from company computers. Such suits face bleak prospects in the Ninth...more

The Review of the EU Data Protection Framework: A quick guide to EU lawmaking

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/8/2011

It has been more than two years since the review of the EU data protection framework officially started. Despite several announcements from the European Commission (“Commission”) and growing expectations from the business...more

Oh, Data, Where Art Thou? Security, Politics & the Bottom Line

by Donna Seyle - Law Practice Strategy on 10/28/2010

The ability to convert capital expenditures to operating expenses, tax considerations and other cost-savings benefits are sending businesses to the cloud with glee, the legal profession lagging behind but getting the hint....more

Employee Mobility Alert: Ends versus Means: Courts Vary in Their Interpretation of Employee Liability under the Computer Fraud and...

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 10/15/2009

The federal courts are currently split on the question of whether an employee can be held civilly liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for misappropriating confidential company information that the employee is...more

Electronic records mandates may clash with privacy laws: Patchwork of state laws adds complexity By Eric A. Klein and Christine C....

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/8/2009

President Obama has declared that electronic medical records will “reduce error rates, reduce our long-term cost of health care and create jobs.” “Obama’s Prime Time Press Briefing,” N.Y. Times, Feb. 9, 2009. Congress has...more

Monitoring Employees: Striking a Balance

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2007

The monitoring of employees’ electronic communications can be undertaken for various reasons, and is now standard practice among most, if not all, employers. However, when undertaking such monitoring, employers must ensure...more