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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 TRUSTLABS, INC., Case No. 21-cv-02606-CRB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v.

DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DANIEL JAIYONG AN, Defendant.

Defendant Daniel Jaiyong An is the cofounder and former CEO of Plaintiff TrustLabs, Inc., a cryptocurrency company. Just before An was fired as CEO, he deleted TrustLabs’ account with Slack, an electronic messaging service that TrustLabs employees frequently used to communicate with one another. TrustLabs sued An under two federal statutes, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Stored Communications Act, and one California statute, the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act. TrustLabs also seeks punitive damages against An. TrustLabs now moves for summary judgment. The Court finds the matter suitable for resolution without oral argument pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7-1(b), GRANTS the motion as to liability under the California statute, and otherwise…