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42 Rutgers Computer & Tech. L.J. 120 (2016)
Whistleblower: More like Cybercriminal: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act as Applied to Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers

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          WHISTLEBLOWER? MORE LIKE
 CYBERCRIMINAL: THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND
 ABUSE ACT AS APPLIED TO SARBANES-OXLEY
                WHISTLEBLOWERS

I. INTRODUCTION............................... 121
II. BACKGROUND      .......................... ....... 123
     A. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ............... 123
         1. The Passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ................ 123
         2. Whistleblowing under Sarbanes-Oxley.................. 125
     B. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act............................129
         1. Enactment of the CFAA.......  ..... ...... 129
         2. General Provisions of the CFAA ...  ............ 129
         3. Circuit Split.................... .............. 130
            a. Broad Interpretations ............  ...... 131
               i. Broad Interpretation under the Agency
                  Theory ...... ................. 132
               ii. Broad Authorization under Employment
                  Contract Theory ...........  ...... 133
            b. Narrow Interpretations ................. 135
         4. Recent Congressional Efforts to Amend the
            CFAA..............  ................  140
III. THE NARROW INTERPRETATION OF THE CFAA HOLDS
     MORE  TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE CFAA..... 141
TV. ANALYSIS OF WHISTLEBLOWING AND DOCUMENT
      COLLECTION UNDER THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND
      THE IMPACT OF THE CFAA ...............   ...... 144
      A. Vannoy v. Celanese Corp. - Document Collection in
         the Realm of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowing .......... 144
     B. Effects of the CFAA Circuit Split on the Sarbanes-
         Oxley Whistleblowing Framework .......   ........ 148


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