One of the more noteworthy employer/employee trade-secret misappropriation and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) cases came to an end earlier this week. Specifically, Mr. David Nosal wa sentenced on January 8, 2014 to one year and one day in prison. He was convicted for misappropriating his former employer’s trade secrets and improperly accessing the
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Michigan Employer Restricted in Using Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Claim Against Former Employer
The California based law firm Littler Mendelson’s Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Practice Group discussed a recent dismissal of a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim brought by a company against its former employee.
The case, Ajuba International, L.L.C. v. Saharia (PDF), involved the U.S. federal court for the Eastern District of Michigan rejecting…
New Weapon for Michigan Employers for Protecting Against Unfair Competition and Trade Secret Theft
Michigan Companies were recently given a new tool for fighting back against trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition.
Specifically, in Actuator Specialties, Inc. v. Chinavare the Michigan Court of Appeals agreed with the trial court’s determination that Actuator Specialties established a threat of misappropriation against its former employee and his new employer. This threat entitled…
Criminal Indictment for Failing to Report Child Pornography
I previously discussed an employer’s obligation for reporting child pornography found on company IT resources. See What Should an Employer Do if Child Pornography is Discovered in the Workplace. One of the recommendations made in that post was to report child pornography to law enforcement, “no exceptions.”
The importance for following this recommendation was recently…
What Should An Employer Do if Child Pornography is Discovered in the Workplace?
Possession of child pornography often involves a computer and is a serious crime. But what happens when that crime takes place on an employer’s network or company computer?
The thirteenth-century Spanish King Alfonso X said, “Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for better ordering of the universe.”…