Interest that after reading the wikipedia article the NY state prosectors messed up by trying to arrest him a second time. In that second arrest the judge ruled that the arrest by the FBI was illegal. Thereby giving him this opportunity for the civil case.
However the law is changed for future source code thefts. Here is an industry perspective
However the law is changed for future source code thefts. Here is an industry perspective
http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/215714/employee+rights+...
The only technicality that freed Aleynikov was that the source code was not sold as a product itself.