SCOTUS Narrows Scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
In a 6-3 decision handed down on Thursday, June 3, 2021, the Supreme Court issued an opinion narrowly interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) . Just Amy Coney Barrett authored the opinion, and was joined by Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Breyer, and Kavanaugh. Justice Clarence Thomas authored the dissent, which was joined by Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts. Former Georgia police sergeant Nathan Van Buren (Van Buren) used his patrol-car computer to access a law enforcement database to retrieve information about a… Read More »SCOTUS Narrows Scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)