Spyware Firm Asserts Sovereign Immunity Defense In 9th Circuit Computer Fraud Suit

Mealey's (November 19, 2020, 1:44 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A trial court wrongly declined to dismiss computer fraud claims against it, a spyware maker argues in its Nov. 16 appellant brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, contending that it is entitled to sovereign immunity because its purported unauthorized access to WhatsApp Inc.’s communications platforms occurred as part of it service to various foreign sovereign governments (WhatsApp Inc., et al. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited, et al., No. 20-16408, 9th Cir.)....