E-Discovery

Let them eat Cake in Computer Forensics? Maybe not this time.

By Nerino Petro at 16 December, 2009, 11:38 am

Law enforcement agencies around the country use Encase from Guidance Software to forensically image computer disks in investigations and prosecutions. This means that defense experts need to own this $3,000+ program rather than a less expensive alternative. However, in Washington State it appears that is no longer the case.

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U.S. Secret Service and its Best Practices for Seizing Electronic Evidence

By Nerino Petro at 7 July, 2008, 1:42 pm

Think of this as your handy cheat sheet for grabbing electronic evidence when you don’t have a data evidence expert handy.

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E-Discovery gaff waives Attorney-Client Privilege

By Nerino Petro at 9 June, 2008, 9:00 am

It seems a number of factors were at work in this case including poorly defined keywords for the search as well as a failure to properly review documents that were not electronically searchable. The end result was that 165 privileged documents were turned over to the Plaintiff by Creative.

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