Ninth Circuit: USA V. DAVID NOSAL

Computers, White Collar

Federal statute barring unauthorized access to computers refers to the authorization of the computer's owner, not the process of technical authorization.  Affirmative revovcation of access to the system precluded use of the system by any other means.

Trade secrets can be composed of publicly available information.

Error to award the corporate victim attorneys' fees, given brief actual duration of misconduct.

Dissent - It's a hacking law.


USA V. DAVID NOSAL