Impact Forensics

Lobbyist Pleads Guilty to Tossing Her BlackBerry

Doug — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:19:55 +0000

Lobbyist Pleads Guilty to Tossing Her BlackBerry in a Fast Food Trash Can Most people go to great lengths to make sure their BlackBerry is always at their side. In the extreme, we all know “CrackBerry” users (maybe you’re one?) who go into email withdrawal after just a few moments of mini-keyboard denial. So the idea of [...]

Legal Malpractice Suit Against Kay Scholer Alleges Failure to Produce “Hundreds of Thousands” of Documents

Doug — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:47:23 +0000

Dallas-based chemical company Celanese Corp. has filed suit against the New York Law firm of Kaye Scholer LLP and two former Kaye Scholer lawyers, accusing them of malpractice during the discovery phase of an antitrust suit. Celanese alleges that Kaye Scholer failed to turn over to an opposing party “hundreds of thousands” of documents that [...]

Former HP Executive Indicted in Email Case

Doug — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:15:48 +0000

Well, just when you thought executives at the most technological-savvy companies in the world would no longer fall into the trap of sending damaging or incriminating Email to each other….think again. A former Hewlitt Packard vice president has been indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly passing a confidential Email from his previous employer, IBM to [...]

Impact Forensics Awarded Default Judgment for Client

Doug — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:11:35 +0000

Impact Forensics Awarded Default Judgment for Client in Bankruptcy Case Computer Forensic Expert Report Showing Spoliation Leads to Adverse Inference In re: Jeffrey Eckert, Debtor, David Grochocinski Trustee, Plaintiff, vs. Schlossberg, et al., Defendants. April 11, 2008 “…the expert’s report indicates that somebody has basically shredded or destroyed the relevant and other data on the three computers [...]

When is Under Seal Not Under Seal

Doug — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:49:13 +0000

GE Finds Out the Hard Way It always makes us wonder if life in the law weren’t a little less thorny back before the days of email and electronic discovery, back-up tapes and terabytes of data. The latest saga comes courtesy of the class action sex-discrimination … Get the rest of Michael J. Eng’s story here…

Judge Rules E-Discovery Disclosure Goof Waives Attorney-Client Privilege

Doug — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:29:21 +0000

A federal magistrate in Baltimore has ruled a company sued for infringement has no attorney-client privilege in 165 documents mistakenly turned over to its opponent in e-discovery. The documents included several communications between the company Creative Pipe Inc. and its lawyers. U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Paul Grimm ruled Creative Pipe… read the story at ABA Journal [...]

More Tech, Less Emotion Please, Federal Judges Suggest

Chad — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:16:58 +0000

Speaking last week at a 7th Circuit bar meeting, federal district judges had a few suggestions for the lawyers who appear before them. High on the list of dos: appropriate use of technology by those who have mastered it. But excessive emotion should be avoided, the judges agreed. Their advice was reported in a National Law [...]

Trade Secrets Gone in a Flash?

Impact Forensics — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:53:18 +0000

In the blink of an eye, trade secrets can move from computer to USB drive; from secret to stolen. When it comes to protecting your client’s most valuable intellectual assets, and/or proving your case, the steps you take in the critical moments after the discovery of a potential trade secret theft make all the difference in the [...]

Ten Tips for Preserving Computer Evidence After an Incident

Doug — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:23:23 +0000

If you have a possible trade secret case in your hands and believe you will need computer forensics in the near future, there are some important steps to take to ensure the collection of valuable data without spoliation. Treat the scene as a true crime scene, and use these tips as a guideline for your trade secret case: Don’t [...]

Impact Forensics Sponsors 2008 Electronic Discovery Conference

Doug — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:29:50 +0000

Workshop Tackles Current eDiscovery Issues Impact Forensics will be a co-sponsor of this year’s Electronic Discovery Conference hosted by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Topics planned for this popular conference include “Meet & Confer” strategies related to the new Federal Rules, proactive eDiscovery strategies, tips on where experts find Electronically Stored Information (ESI), and ethical issues related to inadvertent disclosure [...]