Ride the Lightning

Dec 10, 2008

REMOTE SPY SOFTWARE GIVEN REPRIEVE BY COURT

On November 21st, I reported on the temporary restraining order that the Federal Trade Commission had secured against the sale of

Dec 08, 2008

YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT! AND OTHER RUMINATIONS FROM JAMAICA

Only a complete fool would be in Jamaica composing a blog post. Enter the fool. I tried to be helpful and open our

Dec 03, 2008

GETTING OFF THE “START” LINE: EDD FIRST STEPS

For some reason, many small to mid-size businesses are struck with instant paralysis when confronted with a litigatin hold. There

Dec 01, 2008

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION . . .

As anyone connected with litigation readiness knows, many of the horrors of electronic discovery would vanish if only clients would

Nov 26, 2008

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE THESE PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES? THE ABYSMAL STATE OF REDACTION IN THE U.S. MILITARY

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I saw a recent Army draft intelligence (definitely a misnomer) paper

Nov 24, 2008

UNFILTERED ORANGE: TAKE A BITE

Readers are always asking me about my favorite electronic discovery resources. Some time back, I announced the debut of "Unfiltered

Nov 21, 2008

THE DEVIL DEFROCKED: TRO GRANTED AGAINST CYBERSPY SOFTWARE

On November 17th, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had secured a temporary restraining order against a Florida company

Nov 19, 2008

SURPRISE WITNESS: A METROCARD

In today’s New York Times, an unexpected witness (a MetroCard) made an appearance. Every time we think we’ve seen every

Nov 17, 2008

WHAT WE’VE GOT HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE: THE DIGICEL CASE

From across the pond, courtesy of friend and colleague Ian Henderson, comes a landmark British decision in Digicel et al

Nov 14, 2008

FROM THE IVY COVERED WALLS: IS THE DISCOVERY PROCESS BROKEN?

This week, we had the opportunity to speak at the George Mason School of Law and George Washington University. Casting

Nov 12, 2008

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: GUIDANCE SOFTWARE AND ACCESS DATA

Like so many others, I’ve been watching the tango between Guidance Software (maker's of EnCase) and AccessData (maker's of FTK)

Nov 10, 2008

STALKING PORNOGRAPHY IN THE WORKPLACE

When you do computer forensics, you see the computers of folks who spend more than half of every workday viewing