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Oct 03, 2007

MORGAN STANLEY: THE POSTER CHILD FOR BAD BEHAVIOR IN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY

What are they thinking at Morgan Stanley? Are there psychotropic drugs in the water coolers? A five year old touches

Sep 29, 2007

EDUCATION WITH A VIEW: THE PACIFIC LEGAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

For those readers located within reach of Vancouver, the annual Pacific Legal Technology Conference (on October 10th) offers a great

Sep 26, 2007

CHRISTMAS FOR THE DEFENSE: WHEN THE AUTHORITIES MUCK IT UP

No one who does computer forensics will be surprised by the observation that law enforcement and the prosecution frequently blunder

Sep 24, 2007

EXCELLENT E-DISCOVERY RESOURCE: INFORMATION GOVERNANCE BLOG

It is always a pleasure to pass on a terrific resource by another blogger. One of my favorite blogs is

Sep 21, 2007

MAKING THE FEDERAL RULES REAL: LITIGATION MAGAZINE

Those who litigate are really well served by belonging to the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section. Though the Section does

Sep 19, 2007

WACKY, WACKY, WACKY: D.C. SPEAKS ON METADATA MINING

Is is ethical to mine metadata? The American Bar Association says sure. New York and Florida don’t think so. Alabama

Sep 15, 2007

NO ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN WYOMING? AND HOW TO HOOK THE WRONG END OF A TROUT

John and I have just returned from lecturing to the Wyoming State Bar at their annual conference in Jackson Hole,

Sep 12, 2007

HAVE A COMPANY CELL PHONE? IS YOUR BOSS WATCHING?

Most people are delighted to receive a company cell phone. It’s a perk, right? But is your boss watching you?

Sep 09, 2007

THINK OUT OF THE BOX: USE HASH VALUES FOR BATES STAMPING

For years, we have argued that hash values could operate as Bates stamps, thereby defeating the tired old argument that

Sep 06, 2007

NO BLINDFOLDS, NO CIGARETTES: CONDEMNED HARD DRIVES

Around here, we do a lot of hard drive wiping. Normally, we use utilities that do a single wipe, which

Sep 04, 2007

DIGITAL COPIERS AND THE LUST FOR CHOCOLATES

Most of the law firms we see haven’t a clue that their digital copier (typically configured as a network printer

Aug 31, 2007

CYBERSLEUTHING: SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO YOURSELF

Though I spend most of my time unearthing data from the bowels of computers, cell phones, PDAs, etc., folks often