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Ride the Lightning: Electronic Evidence 
An electronic evidence and computer forensics blog by noted author, lecturer and consultant Sharon Nelson.
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???MY BAD??? ??? ACCESSDATA GIVES ME A CALL
Posted on May 16, 2008The blogosphere is an amazing place. Very shortly after I published my negative review of FTK 2, I received a phone call from Brian Karney, the COO of AccessData. To give credit where credit is certainly due, Brian offered a...
ACCESSDATA ANSWERS FTK 2 CRITICS - AND APOLOGIZES
Posted on May 14, 2008The following e-mail appears to have been sent (without running a spellchecker!) to FTK?s registered users yesterday. "Dear FTK 2 Customer: The release of FTK 2 has created much more confusion than we had anticipated, so we would like to...
CRAIG BALL BEATS ME TO IT: THE DISASTER THAT IS FTK 2.0
Posted on May 12, 2008Here I had gone to the trouble of asking my partner John to stop grousing about FTK 2.0 and actually write about it and then he smugly points out that he doesn?t need to ? our colleague and friend Craig...
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE: REPORT FROM SEATTLE ON DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES
Posted on May 09, 2008Miraculously, it is sunny in Seattle ? and with luck, we can shortly remove the manacles which bind us to our keyboards and go enjoy the sunshine. John and I have just wrapped up speaking at the ALA annual conference...
WILL BLACKBERRYS BITE EMPLOYERS?
Posted on May 07, 2008The National Law Journal recently featured an article which asserted that employers should be wary of a predicted wave of suits claiming overtime pay is due, those suits supported by irrefutable electronic evidence of e-mailing and dealing with phone calls...
COFEE CAUSING JITTERS
Posted on May 05, 2008Yes, I spelled it right! In case you haven?t heard, the computer forensics world has been buzzing about a free tool provided by Microsoft to members of the law enforcement community. COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor) is basically a....
THE BIG DIVIDE BETWEEN ED IN THE U.K. AND THE U.S.
Posted on May 02, 2008Curiously, when John and I visited the U.K. last week, there was no hesitation amongst any of our interviewees when asked to define the major difference between electronic discovery in the U.K. and the U.S. Everyone agreed that ?electronic disclosure?...
WHITE HOUSE TAKEN TO WOODSHED AGAIN OVER MISSING E-MAILS
Posted on April 30, 2008First, apologies for taking a blogging sabbatical while in London, but all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Or Jill a dull girl. Business in London frequently involves a splendid pub lunch and always a pint of...
GREETINGS FROM ACROSS THE POND!
Posted on April 23, 2008No, I am not being a slacker. In fact, I'm in London with John interviewing computer forensics experts for an article for the ABA. Though there is lots to say (when I'm back home), I thought it amusing that the...
PHISHING WITH BAITED SUBPOENAS
Posted on April 17, 2008Just when you think you?ve seen everything, the bad guys invent a new spin on an old game. Phishing for data is now old hat ? we?ve all received notices from banks where we have no accounts telling us we...
HIDE THE BALL, PASS THE BALL: LOSEY SCORES!
Posted on April 14, 2008I always enjoy the postings of colleague Ralph Losey. He is both imaginative and colorful, qualities which make electronic evidence subjects approachable even for those who are not technically adroit. He has scored once again with an excellent posting about...
"LOOK AT ALL THESE PINHEAD LAWYERS": THE CIRCUS IN DETROIT
Posted on April 11, 2008On April 9th, the Detroit Free Press reported that one of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's attorneys in the whistle-blower lawsuit filed by two former police officers told the City Council he saw no obligation to inform the City Council of a...
RIVERS OF RUPEES: OUTSOURCING ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY REVIEW
Posted on April 09, 2008Mind you, it isn?t just India, though India has leveraged the cost of e-discovery review in the U.S. into a very comfortable living for many of its lawyers. Is it any wonder that news reports yesterday indicated that associates in...
CITY CYBERSLACKERS NABBED BY COMPUTER FORENSICS IN QUEBEC
Posted on April 07, 2008Computer forensics is a wonderful circus ? we get to see all the animals in all conceivable environments. Here?s an example of one investigation we?ve never taken part of ? though it?s logical enough. So what do YOU do at...
TAKING LAWYERS TO THE WOODSHED FOR E-MAIL DELETION
Posted on April 03, 2008Former Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal was ordered to pay more $18,900 in sanctions after he was found in contempt of court for deleting more than 2,500 e-mails that had been subpoenaed for a federal civil rights lawsuit. The...
FROM THE BIG APPLE: THERE GOES THE BEST EVIDENCE RULE
Posted on March 31, 2008Hello from New York City, where there are just too many gerbils in the cage. Simply navigating through the crowds on the sidewalk can turn into a military maneuver. I don?t trust any city where you have to look straight...
QUICK, SEND IN THE CLOWNS. DON?T BOTHER, THEY?RE HERE.
Posted on March 28, 2008Ah, the phrasing of the inimitable Frank Sinatra. Good of him (and Mr. Sondheim of course) to give me the perfect blog posting title. It refers to the idiots that the White House keeps relying on to explain why they...
QUICK, SEND IN THE CLOWNS. DON???T BOTHER, THEY???RE HERE.
Posted on March 28, 2008Ah, the phrasing of the inimitable Frank Sinatra. Good of him (and Mr. Sondheim of course) to give me the perfect blog posting title. It refers to the idiots that the White House keeps relying on to explain why they...
THE FIDELITY FILES: FIRST THE BLOG POST, THEN THE BOOK
Posted on March 25, 2008You may recall a February post about British services where attractive females test the fidelity of husbands and the resulting videotapes appear in court as electronic evidence in divorce proceedings. Apparently, that concept is on our side of the pond...
THE FIDELITY FILES: FIRST THE BLOG POST, THEN THE BOOK
Posted on March 25, 2008You may recall a February post about British services where attractive females test the fidelity of husbands and the resulting videotapes appear in court as electronic evidence in divorce proceedings. Apparently, that concept is on our side of the pond...
DUMB AND DUMBER: WHITE HOUSE ?EXPLAINS? MISSING E-MAILS
Posted on March 24, 2008Good grief. The White House, which has always looked dumb in its explanation for its many missing e-mails has inexplicably chosen to look dumber than ever. In its filing with the court on March 21st, the essence of the White...
DUMB AND DUMBER: WHITE HOUSE ???EXPLAINS??? MISSING E-MAILS
Posted on March 24, 2008Good grief. The White House, which has always looked dumb in its explanation for its many missing e-mails has inexplicably chosen to look dumber than ever. In its filing with the court on March 21st, the essence of the White...
THE ITALIAN STALLION: JUDGE FACCIOLA TAKES ON WHITE HOUSE
Posted on March 21, 2008Only because I had the pleasure of lecturing with Judge John Facciola last week at ABA TECHSHOW do I have the nerve to dub him ?The Italian Stallion.? I hope his sense of humor is intact because the moniker is...
ELECTRONIC PEEPING TOM LAWYER MAY HAVE LICENSE SUSPENDED
Posted on March 19, 2008Charleston, WV lawyer Michael P. Markins is in a boatload of trouble after improperly accessing the e-mail accounts of another law firm. Now why would anyone do something so stupid? Actually, I can halfway understand his original motivation ? he...
RECOGNIZING THE BEST OF BREED: EDD UPDATE AND K&L GATES
Posted on March 17, 2008On the final day of the ABA TECHSHOW, I had all good intentions of composing a farewell post. After deciding to lay down and watch CNN for five minutes, I ended up taking an extended nap instead. So much for...
RECOGNIZING THE BEST OF BREED: EDD UPDATE AND K&L GATES
Posted on March 17, 2008On the final day of the ABA TECHSHOW, I had all good intentions of composing a farewell post. After deciding to lay down and watch CNN for five minutes, I ended up taking an extended nap instead. So much for...
ABA TECHSHOW - DAY TWO: THE MOST DAMNING THING IS THE HOLE WHERE EVIDENCE USED TO BE
Posted on March 14, 2008There is no way to adequately report on a day which held the entire e-discovery track. For my own part, I want to thank my co-presenters from two different e-discovery sessions, Judge Herbert Dixon, Judge John Facciola, Browning Marean, and...
ABA TECHSHOW - DAY TWO: THE MOST DAMNING THING IS THE HOLE WHERE EVIDENCE USED TO BE
Posted on March 14, 2008There is no way to adequately report on a day which held the entire e-discovery track. For my own part, I want to thank my co-presenters from two different e-discovery sessions, Judge Herbert Dixon, Judge John Facciola, Browning Marean, and...
BANK SECRECY ACT GUNS DOWN SHERIFF OF WALL STREET
Posted on March 13, 2008In a truly timely keynote presentation, the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center analyzed the investigation that finally resulted in the abrupt termination of Elliot Spitzer?s tenure as New York?s governor. Marc Rotenberg is a terrier with...
ABA TECHSHOW - WAHOO!
Posted on March 12, 2008From Chicago: Speaking at ABA TECHSHOW is a great honor, but getting to listen to some of the best and brightest in the business is always the best part of my annual soujourns to the Windy City. I am far...
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