Senate Committee Hearing on Updating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a full committee hearing on updating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act at 10:00 AM on August 3, 2011. The hearing can be viewed by webcast through this LINK.

The title of the hearing is “Cybercrime: Updating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to Protect Cyberspace and Combat Emerging Threats”. The witness list for the hearing, at this time, includes James A. Baker, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pablo A Martinez, Deputy Special Agent in Charge Criminal Investigative Division, US Secret Service.

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Published by Shawn E. Tuma

Shawn Tuma is an attorney who is internationally recognized in cybersecurity, computer fraud and data privacy law, areas in which he has practiced for nearly two decades. He is a Partner at Spencer Fane, LLP where he regularly serves as outside cybersecurity and privacy counsel to a wide range of companies from small to midsized businesses to Fortune 100 enterprises. You can reach Shawn by telephone at 972.324.0317 or email him at stuma@spencerfane.com. View more posts