U.S. v. Nosal Update: Solicitor General Still Deciding Whether To Seek Supreme Court Review of Important Ninth Circuit Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Decision

The Solicitor General obtained a thirty day extension on the July 9, 2012 deadline to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court on the Ninth Circuit’s controversial U.S. v. Nosal decision, which limits the use of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. According to the extension request, the Solicitor General “has not yet determined whether to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in this case. The additional time sought in this application is needed to assess the legal and practical impact of the court’s ruling and, if a petition is authorized, to permit its preparation and printing.”

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