November 10, 2020
Federal law prohibits obtaining information by “access[ing] a computer without authorization or exceed[ing] authorized access.” The meaning of the words “exceed[ing] authorized access” has led to a split in the Circuits which will be taken up by the Supreme Court in the present term. In our latest article, we discuss the split in the Circuits and conclude that the Supreme Court may take the opportunity in United States v. Van Buren to clarify how white-collar criminal statutes should be interpreted.