( January 29, 2026, 12:17 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Jan. 28 denied an application for recall and stay of mandate filed by a national debt collection firm after the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled for the first time that when two former employees shared a spreadsheet containing passwords and login information they committed “workplace-policy infractions” and not violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and that the passwords themselves were not trade secrets under federal or state law....