Do Employers Have a Proprietary Interest in an Employee's Linked In Account?

Maybe, yes, says a Federal Court in Philadelphia. This is a similar fact pattern to the Federal Court in the Northern District of California ruling regarding a former employee's Twitter account and which I previously blogged on.

http://www.tradesecretslaw.com/2012/01/articles/computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/employers-may-have-sweat-equity-in-their-executives-linkedin-accounts-but-employees-score-win-in-war-over-the-applicability-of-the-federal-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act-in-the-workplace/