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Lawyer Inadvertently E-Mails Copy of Eli Lily Settlement Agreement to New York Times Reporter
May 9th, 2008
Lawyer Inadvertently E-Mails Copy of Eli Lily Settlement Agreement to New York Times Reporter
Ever Feel Like You Just Want to Get Away?
In his May column in Chicago Lawyer Magazine, Shawn Wood of Seyfarth Shaw relays a story about an attorney who accidently E-Mailed copies of confidential settlement draft agreement to a reporter who had a […]
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Student Arrested for Hacking Computers at New Trier High School
May 8th, 2008
Impact Forensics Performs Computer Forensics Analysis on Computers Related to the Case
An 18 year old student at New Trier High School was arrested Wednesday for allegedly hacking into New Trier High School’s computer network. The student, a highly-competitive senior, reportedly was attempting to determine his class rank by snooping into confidential New Trier data bases. […]
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Defense Attorneys Sanctioned for Obstructing Forensic Inspection of Defendant’s Computer Servers
April 15th, 2008
In the wrongful termination case of Sterle v. Elizabeth Arden, Inc., 2008 WL 961216 (D. Conn. Apr. 9, 2008), the plaintiff sought the production of certain “DSFG Reports” which summarized information regarding the sales performance of employees in relation to their peers.
Plaintiff knew about the existence of the DSFG Reports because he had received a […]
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Request for Metadata Denied: Requestor fails to establish that the produced document was not reasonably usable.
April 15th, 2008
Larry Wescott’s article at www.electronicdiscoveryblog.com outlines why the court denied the request for metadata:
Requestor sought to compel producer to produce document in native format after producer had already produced it in hard copy and .PDF format. Requestor alleged that the original version of the document, produced in Microsoft Word, contained metadata which indicated when the […]
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FBI: Dollar Loss from Internet Crime Reaches An All-Time High
April 8th, 2008
An article in the Insurance Journal recently reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is now listing the cost of Internet crimes as having increased by a staggering $40 million in just one year. This brings last years total to $240 Million dollars.
According to the FBI’s 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime […]
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