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Sep 19, 2008

YOU TUBE TASER VIDEO: THE 11TH CIRCUIT SHOULD BE ASHAMED

My brother is a cop. I am part of the extended family of cops who worry constantly about what might

Sep 18, 2008

GOVERNOR PALIN’S E-MAIL HACKED: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT FOR BOTH SIDES?

Hardly new, hacking into someone’s e-mail. But when it is a Vice Presidential candidate, it attracts attention. First and foremost,

Sep 17, 2008

WEBCAM STRIPTEASES: THE GIFT THAT BACKFIRES

There seems to be a growing and incomprehensible (to me) phenomenon of ladies young and old filming themselves doing a

Sep 16, 2008

YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT . . .

Apologies for the brief hiatus. I have just returned to work after tending to the storybook wedding of one of

Sep 12, 2008

FINALLY – RULE 502 PASSED BY HOUSE

Things don’t exactly move fast in Congress. It was a relief to those in the electronic evidence world that the

Sep 10, 2008

FROM THE MAILBAG: HOW TO REPEAL STATE PI REQUIREMENTS

I love the thoughtful e-mails from readers of “Ride the Lightning.” There were several received last week that I want

Sep 08, 2008

EVER BEEN TO SANTO DOMINGO? OUR CELL PHONE HAS

Apparently, cell phone cloning (not the animal kind) is a reality. We know, because we’ve had first hand experience. If

Sep 05, 2008

COME FLY WITH ME. YIKES, WHERE’S MY LAPTOP?

Lawyers routinely fly with their laptops, replete with electronic evidence and confidential client data. A new study from the venerable

Sep 04, 2008

DANCING IN THE MINEFIELD: LEGAL OUTSOURCING ABROAD

On August 5th, the American Bar Association released Formal Opinion 08-451, regarding a lawyer’s obligation when outsourcing legal and nonlegal

Sep 03, 2008

NEWMAN FIRES BACK ON LEGAL OUTSOURCING

Yesterday, I blogged about the withdrawal of a legal outsourcing case by Newman McIntosh & Hennessey LLP. Within a couple

Sep 02, 2008

NEWMAN OUTSOURCING SUIT WITHDRAWN

The LPO industry dodged a possible bullet but missed a chance for court clarification last week when a closely watched

Aug 29, 2008

ABA RESOUNDINGLY SAYS “NO PI LICENSES FOR COMPUTER FORENSICS”

At its annual meeting in August, the American Bar Association spoke strongly to the states on the inadvisability of requiring