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Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

You’ve Got My Mail: Court Rejects Challenge to Employer’s Computer Access

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Even employers who are devoted to higher callings can find themselves in worldly disputes with former employees over access to emails and computer files. For example, the National Institute for Newman Studies is devoted to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Computer Hacking Laws Apply to Executive's Unauthorized Access to Coworkers' Emails

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The federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the Stored Communications Act (SCA) were enacted to protect U.S. businesses and individuals from computer hacking and industrial espionage. In recent years, employers and...more

Brooks Pierce

NC Business Court: What Is Intrusion Into Seclusion?

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I had never heard before of a "privacy tort" claim for "intrusion into seclusion." But it exists in North Carolina per Judge Gale's Opinion in Dishner v. Goneau, 2017 NCBC 7, decided in the NC Business Court this week....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Quirky Question #283: They Stole Our Stuff, Can We Sue?

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Question: My company recently terminated an employee, and we are very worried she accessed her email inappropriately in the days before she was fired. The timing of it all is … well, quirky. Here’s what happened: The...more

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