“This law was written before the internet became what it is,” defense attorney Tor Ekeland, an outspoken CFAA critic who represented Keys said during a recent interview. “The other big issue is the draconian sentences that these statutes allow. It’s disproportionate to the actual harm influence in, I think, every case I’ve ever worked on.”
Tor Ekeland in Cyberscoop article “The CFAA will soon have its day before the Supreme Court” by Jeff Stone, April 20, 2020
Blackstone 8: Sexism & the Common Law
Tor Ekeland
February 15, 2021
It’s common to criticize Blackstone for embracing the Common Law’s sexism. But a passage I read the other day made me critical of this attitude