Opinion
2012-06-26
MSCI INC., et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. Philip JACOB, Defendant–Respondent, Axioma Inc., et al., Defendants.
Pryor Cashman LLP, New York (Lisa M. Buckley of counsel), for appellants. Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York (Lance J. Gotko of counsel), for respondent.
Pryor Cashman LLP, New York (Lisa M. Buckley of counsel), for appellants. Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York (Lance J. Gotko of counsel), for respondent.
GONZALEZ, P.J., TOM, ANDRIAS, ACOSTA, FREEDMAN, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Werner Kornreich, J.), entered November 14, 2011, which granted defendant Philip Jacob's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' seventh cause of action alleging that he violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 USC § 1030) (CFAA), unanimously affirmed, With costs.
The court properly determined that plaintiffs failed to state a cause of action under the CFAA. Even assuming the truth of the allegations in the complaint ( see generally Leon v. Martinez, 84 N.Y.2d 83, 87–88, 614 N.Y.S.2d 972, 638 N.E.2d 511 [1994] ), the CFAA does not encompass Jacob's misappropriation of information that he lawfully accessed while working for plaintiffs or misuse of work computers in violation of their computer policies ( see United States v. Nosal, 676 F.3d 854 [9th Cir.2012]; see also University Sports Publs. Co. v. Playmakers Media Co., 725 F.Supp.2d 378, 385 [S.D.N.Y.2010] ).
We have considered plaintiffs' remaining arguments and find them unavailing.