The First Steps to a Paperless Law Office: Austin Lawyer D. Todd Smith
An employee in Luxembourg was fired when another employee inadvertently found sexually explicit photos stored on a work computer. The Luxembourg Court of Appeal has now provided guidance employers should bear in mind when...more
This newsletter summarises four significant judicial decisions over recent months. 1. The purpose of a probation period is for the employee’s skills to be assessed. Therefore an employee’s absence would extend the...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act conviction of an IT worker who sabotaged his employer’s network, rejecting the argument that an IT worker’s authorized access to...more
On June 6, 2017, the First Department had an opportunity to apply—and reaffirm—last month’s decision in Peerenboom v. Marvel Entm’t, LLC, where the Court held that use of a company email system for personal purposes “does...more
In United States v. Nosal, 676 F.3d 854 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc), the court held that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030, prohibits unlawful access to a computer but not unauthorized use of computerized...more