Agentic AI Meets CFAA and CDAFA: Ninth Circuit Issues Ruling Involving Agent Liability

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a novel ruling that an agentic AI tool did not trigger liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA)—statutes that often appear as companion claims in privacy cases involving unauthorized access to computers, devices, or data….
By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass