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"The authenticity of a found document:

May 19, 2007

Hmm, interesting problem that can torpedo a case. Does your firm's IT department employ effective document management policies? "What seems to be the problem? Your IT organization has put in place proper procedures [PDF] for deleting electronic documents, including e-mails. So it is no surprise when as a result of litigation your e-discovery process cannot turn up a particular document. However, to everyone's surprise the document turns up on your CEO's laptop. This is a very possible scenario. You must know whether the document is admissible as evidence in a civil lawsuit. "What do you need to know? Evidence is... Read more →

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Posted at 04:35 PM in Document management, Electronic discovery, Evidence, Forensics, Legal terminology | | Comments (0)

Houston's State-of-the-Art Electronic Data Discovery Lab

May 02, 2007

Ths news sounds wonderful doesn't it? I'd sure like to take a tour! "UHY Advisors today announced the opening of its newly constructed electronic data discovery lab, a state-of-the-art facility for processing large volumes of electronic evidence and conducting sophisticated computer forensics investigations, at a secure location in downtown Houston. "The lab is unique for its flexibility to be used for both high-volume electronic data discovery -- including data processing, culling with search terms, de-duplication and file conversion -- and complex digital forensics activities. The facility is [PDF] secured with biometric locks and the evidence storage 'vault' is also secured... Read more →

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Posted at 09:58 PM in EDD, Electronic discovery, Forensics, Legal vendor, Litigation, Litigation support | | Comments (0)

"Making Forensics Elementary at Your Firm"

Apr 24, 2007

Here's another career choice -- computer-forensics examinaton -- in which a paralegal background can be most helpful: [snip] "Attorney and e-discovery expert Tom O'Connor, with the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Legal Electronic Document Institute, says that judges in the cases he consults on are ordering e-discovery and computer-forensics investigation much more frequently than ever before. O'Connor is seeing the effect of this change on all kinds of cases. [snip] "For civil domestic cases such as divorce proceedings, there's an enormous amount of forensics investigation occurring. O'Connor says that PCs are being examined to prove or refute claims by one spouse that... Read more →

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Posted at 09:23 PM in Computers, Discovery rules , EDD, Electronic discovery, Forensics, Paralegal utilization, Records management | | Comments (0)

"Still Guilty After All These Years"

Apr 08, 2007

Very interesting op-ed in the NY Times from author & lawyer Scott Turow, all about how advances in forensic technology may also impact statutes of limitations. He raises some intriguing questions about changes in law & the passage of time: "THIS Friday a 33-year-old man named Juan Luna will go on trial here for the murder of seven people in a Brown’s Chicken restaurant in Palatine, Ill., on Jan. 8, 1993. The investigation of the murders, in which the victims’ bloody corpses were discovered in the restaurant freezer, languished for more than a decade until Mr. Luna’s DNA was identified... Read more →

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Posted at 04:06 PM in Constitutional law, Criminal investigation, Criminal law, Current events, DNA, Evidence, Forensics | | Comments (0)