Judge Partially Grants Orbital ATK Motion to Dismiss SSL Data Breach Claims
Two of the six data breach complaints SSL brought against Orbital ATK (see 1707240028) were dismissed. In a docket 17-cv-25 order (in Pacer) Friday, U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson of Norfolk, Virginia, said the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Defend…
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Trade Secrets Act, Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act (VUTSA) and Virginia Computer Crimes Act complaints stood. But he said common law complaints of conversion and unjust enrichment were pre-empted by SSL claims under VUTSA since they were premised solely on supposed misappropriation of trade secrets.