Labor and Employment partner Damien DeLaney and associate Brian Noh reminded employers how to protect themselves from employees taking sensitive information to competitors in an article for The Computer & Internet Lawyer. Following the recent Supreme Court decision in Van Buren v. United States, employers can no longer count on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to support claims against employees for exceeding their authorized access to company information. DeLaney and Noh emphasize how important it is for employers to now take preventative action, offering several measures employers can implement to protect company information before employees leave.
“Van Buren is an important reminder to employers to take steps they should already be taking to ensure the security of their business data,” DeLaney and Noh said. “Proactive preventative steps are a far better means of protecting the business than trying to claw back data through litigation after it has already fallen into the hands of a competitor.”