Ride the Lightning

Jun 23, 2008

SKEPTICAL JUDGE CAUSES WOBBLY KNEES

It is always extraordinary what lawyers will argue to judges. We recently had the honor of lecturing on electronic evidence

Jun 20, 2008

THE EVIL INTERNET DEFENSE: FOR REAL THIS TIME?

The “evil Internet” defense is the bane of computer forensics. Normally, we hear this argument from those who are charged

Jun 18, 2008

EXPECT ZERO PRIVACY AT WORK

Heidi Glynn, from NPR, recently interviewed me and wrote a very nice piece which can be found at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91604666. Note

Jun 16, 2008

R. KELLY ACQUITED: BOTCHING THE EVIDENCE

On June 13th, hip-hop star R. Kelly was found innocent of child pornography charges which involved a DVD of an

Jun 13, 2008

LAWYER SNOOP RECEIVES TWO YEAR SUSPENSION

On May 23rd, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals suspended Michael P. Markins from the practice of law for

Jun 12, 2008

WHALES SWALLOWING WHALES: FTI ACQUIRES ATTENEX

On June 10th, FTI Consulting Inc. announced that it had signed a merger agreement to acquire Attenex. Purchase price? Approximately

Jun 11, 2008

ANTI-CHILD PORN TACTIC DOOMED TO FAILURE?

It’s no secret that those who seek out child pornography are usually ensnared by a web of electronic evidence. On

Jun 09, 2008

DRIVECRYPT: FOILING LAPTOP BORDER SEARCHES

Ah, those pesky Customs agents who insist on searching laptops with nary a probable cause in sight. Most of the

Jun 06, 2008

TOSSING PRIVILEGE OVERBOARD: VICTOR STANLEY V. CREATIVE PIPE

It’s the case everyone is talking about. Defendants inadvertently produced 165 documents which they claimed were privileged. The formidable Magistrate

Jun 04, 2008

HANY’S MY HERO: DETECTING ALTERED DIGITAL IMAGES

They just don’t come MUCH smarter than Hany Farid. This Dartmouth professor, who is widely regarded as the best of

Jun 02, 2008

CLUELESS OR CLUED-UP? EDD READINESS SURVEY FROM XEROX

From our foxhole, the number of in-house counsel who are, as our British friends would say, “clued-up” about electronic discovery

May 29, 2008

MAC NABS CROOKS WITH BACK TO MY MAC AND PHOTOBOOTH

A new twist on electronic evidence: Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that a stolen Macintosh computer helped