A California district court issued an important opinion in a dispute between a ticket sales platform and a ticket broker that employed automated bots to purchase tickets in bulk. (Ticketmaster L.L.C. v. Prestige...more
Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit issued a noteworthy ruling in a dispute between an enterprise software licensor and a third-party support provider. The case is particularly important as it addresses the common practice...more
1/25/2018
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Browsewrap Agreement ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Social Media ,
Terms of Use ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Web Scraping ,
Websites
This past week, the Supreme Court denied the petitions for certiorari in two noteworthy Ninth Circuit decisions that had interpreted the scope of liability under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the context...more
10/16/2017
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Facebook ,
Former Employee ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Terms of Use ,
Unauthorized Access ,
US v Nosal ,
Web Scraping
Court Issues Injunction Barring Blocking of Scraping and Holds CFAA Likely Doesn’t Apply -
Websites make information available to clients, users, customers and subscribers. Data aggregators, investors, competitors and...more
8/29/2017
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Cease and Desist ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Injunctive Relief ,
LinkedIn ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Public Disclosure ,
Revocation ,
Terms of Use ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Web Scraping
This past week, the Ninth Circuit released two important decisions that clarify the scope of liability under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. § 1030. The Act was originally designed to target...more
7/15/2016
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Economic Espionage Act ,
Facebook ,
Former Employee ,
Passwords ,
Popular ,
Summary Judgment ,
Terms of Use ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unauthorized Access ,
US v Nosal ,
Web Scraping ,
Young Lawyers