In an order dated April 20, 2017, New York’s Court of Appeals agreed to hear Sergey Aleynikov’s appeal of his conviction under an arcane New York criminal statute.
Aleynikov is a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer, arrested in July 2009 and accused of stealing computer source code from the bank. Originally, a federal jury found him guilty of violating both the National Stolen Property Act and the Economic Espionage Act, but that verdict was overturned by the Second Circuit in April 2012 (after Aleynikov had been incarcerated for over a year).
More recently, Aleynikov also ...
Blog Editors
Recent Updates
- California Bill Would Proscribe Agreements Requiring Employees to Repay Certain Debts to Employers When Leaving Employment
- New Jersey Trade Secret Laws: 2025 Update
- FTC Backs Off Non-Compete Ban, Warns Health Care Employers - Employment Law This Week Video
- President Trump’s August 13, 2025, Executive Order Rescinds President Biden’s Executive Order on Non-Competes, Turning the Clock Back to an Era of Federal Deregulation
- Expanding the Reach of the DTSA: New Ruling Clarifies “Act in Furtherance” Requirement