All discovery is e-’discovery’ nowadays. Most lawsuits are exclusively digital. No lawsuit is strictly paper-based. Except those where the Luddite lawyer has all the digital evidence printed out on dead trees.
Read MoreA typical mobile device can hold 16 to 64 gigabytes (GBs) of information, some even more. Thousands of pictures, documents or messages that could be relevant to a case. Each device stores data in different ways. This article discusses the value of mobile devices from a forensic perspective.
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We technophiles in the law business spend a lot time grousing about the Luddite techno-troglodytism of the profession. Lawyers don’t get e-discovery. Judges don’t get metadata. The Court system doesn’t allow for paperless proceedings. Yada blabla yada.
Read MoreThe steps the ABA has taken underscore that the writing is on the wall. Technology in the legal profession is here to stay, and must form a basic part of lawyers’ competence.
Read MoreIn the closing scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the titular duo is trapped in a farmhouse, surrounded by the Bolivian army and dreaming of far off Australia, where both banks and the armed forces are pushovers.
Our heroic duo’s hideout has only one door, no other apertures. This is a blessing and a curse: as they plot their escape, bullets can’t whiz through windows and cause chaos within. But their opponents can centre their focus on that single point of exit.
Read MoreIn today’s world, digital information is power. Sometimes you’re left guessing about how your opponent has got its digital information. The only way to make sure you’re not a victim of your opponent's power: always check your surroun
Read MoreLucky me. I just got the latest and greatest whizbang Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S4. It comes with a slot for a memory card, so I bought a $60 64GB little chip, and slid it in. Cool.
I spend another $1.38, and bought a little application that allows the wireless file transfers to my phone, from any computer with a web browser. How convenient.
Convenient, yes. But also SCARY. I’ll tell you why.
I got a call on Sunday afternoon from a long-time client who has become a close friend. He was having trouble with his email username and password.
He had a simple question: what’s my password?
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