U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 9, 2021
3 key takeaways from Supreme Court's CFAA decision
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first substantive interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act on June 3 in Van Buren v. United States, 2021 DJDAR 5397.
Jonathan H. Blavin
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPPhone: (415) 512-4011
Email: Jonathan.Blavin@mto.com
Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA
Nicholas D. Fram
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPPhone: 415-512-4060
Email: nicholas.fram@mto.com
UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first substantive interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act on June 3 in Van Buren v. United States, 2021 DJDAR 5397. The 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett explained that someone accesses a computer in a way that "exceeds authorized access" only when she retrieves information from a computer, or from a file w...
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