9th Circuit Affirms Injunction In Suit Over Use Of LinkedIn Data

Mealey's (September 9, 2019, 3:47 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A trial court properly enjoined LinkedIn Corp. from preventing a data analytics company from accessing publicly available data on its network, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 9, finding that the analytics firm established a likelihood of irreparable harm without an injunction and raised serious questions about the viability of LinkedIn’s claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) (hiQ Labs Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., No. 17-16783, 9th Cir.)....