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Nick Goldin Quoted in The New York Times on Government Enforceability of High-Tech Crime and Intellectual Property Theft

02.17.12
Litigation Partner Nick Goldin was quoted in a New York Times article discussing the conviction reversal by a federal appeals court of a former bank programmer who was charged with violating his company’s confidentiality policy by downloading proprietary trading source code from bank computers.  The court’s decision comes in the wake of a growing discussion regarding the government’s stance toward prosecuting high-tech crime and intellectual property theft.  Nick commented that in light of growing concerns regarding this type of crime, the court’s opinion “will be critical for defining the scope of the government’s enforcement ability in the space.”