Judge Tosses Federal Claims In Attorney Email Access Suit Against Former Employer

( August 10, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT) -- LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska federal judge on Aug. 7 dismissed claims under the Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in a former law partner’s suit against his prior employer over its purported interception of his emails, finding in part that the alleged interception of emails sent to the attorney’s email address with his former employer did not violate the federal laws because the former employer owned the domain and email system and had the authority to access the emails....