Sports fans look at their favorite professional teams and see athletes. Hackers look at sports teams and see data. So, when news broke in June that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the St. Louis Cardinals’ front-office personnel for allegedly hacking into an internal network of the Houston Astros, attorneys who deal with trade secret theft were hardly surprised.
“Business is business,” said Peter Toren, a partner at Weisbrod Matteis & Copley who specializes in intellectual property law and cybersecurity. “The theft of trade secrets takes place more often than people realize, and it was only a matter of time before it happened in the sports world.”
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
