Akin Gump Article on Legal Implications of Web Scraping Published by Hedge Fund Law Report

Jan 29, 2021

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The article discuss some of the potential sources of liability for unlawful web scraping, which includes the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), privacy statutes and insider trading. They also provide advice for investment managers that may engage in web scraping, noting that the law is still developing and only further court decisions and legal pronouncements will thoroughly define its parameters.

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