Supreme Court Narrows Federal “Anti-Hacking” Law to Exclude Enforcement Against Those Who Use Otherwise Authorized Access for Improper Purpose By Joshua Rich — There is a well-worn legal maxim that “hard cases make bad law.” In deciding Van Buren v. United States today, the Supreme Court was faced with the opposite problem: bad laws[i] make hard cases. Specifically, in a 6-3 decision, the Court found that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) does not extend to an individual’s accessing information over the internet for an improper purpose, so long as the individual would be entitled to access for a…
