Top 5 Cases That Shaped Electronic Discovery in 2008

Picking five out of the sea of electronic discovery cases isn’t as easy as it sounds. Sure, a few, like our “Case of the Year” will be no-brainers, but others aren’t as clear cut. And, they’re certainly open to debate. But, in my humble opinion here’s THE list, counting down David Letterman style.

By Dean Gonsowski

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UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'

UK police are hoping to one day develop a breathalyser-style tool for computers that could instantly flag up illegal activity on any PC it's attached to.

silicon

Burst of Lawsuits Boosts Electronic Discovery Firms

Demand for technology that can find and keep corporate documents for possible use in lawsuits increased again this year, even gaining speed as a result of the Wall Street meltdown.

San Francisco Business Times

More Cyber Security Regulations Recommended

A bipartisan commission of computer security experts are recommending today that President-elect Barack Obama set up a high-level post to tackle cyber security, consider new regulations to combat cyber crime and shore up the security of the nation's most sensitive computer networks.

washington post

Website-based Crimeware Hits All-time High

The use of malware on Web sites to steal passwords and other sensitive information is skyrocketing, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

cnet

LegalTech New York Keynote Panel to Analyze Impact of E-Discovery on Client Relationships

Are mounting costs and risk concerns creating friction between law firms and their corporate clients?

wall street journal

Open Text Ramps Up E-discovery

Open Text has announced what it calls a major expansion of its e-discovery capabilities with an early case assessment solution designed to help organizations reduce the costs associated with e-discovery activities.

kmworld

The Radicati Group Releases Market Brief

The Radicati Group, Inc. has released a new market brief on the eDiscovery Market, which analyzes the market's highly competitive landscape.

wall street journal

SADFE to be Collocated with IEEE S&P

The Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering International Workshop is now being held in conjunction with the IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium in Oakland, CA on May 21, 2009.

IEEE/SADFE-2009

CaseCentral and CommVault Join eDiscovery Forces

eDiscovery powerhouse CaseCentral has teamed up with CommVault, a provider of high-performance data protection and data storage to deliver an end-to-end eDiscovery solution.

cms wire

SEC Renews Licenses for Guidance Software's Solutions

Guidance Software, a provider of digital investigative solutions, has announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has renewed its licenses for the company's EnCase Enterprise and EnCase Forensic solutions.

trading markets

TechLaw Solutions Certified as Safe Harbor Compliant

TechLaw Solutions announced it has completed the steps required to meet safe harbor standards to assure privacy protection for data involving European Union nations.

wall street journal

Prodiance eDiscovery aids the VAT spreadsheet rate hunt

US-based compliance specialist Prodiance has responded to Alistair Darling's VAT rate change with a tool for identifying and changing tax rate figures in Excel spreadsheets.

accounting web

Damaged DVD Recovery and Forensics

According to the report, the conviction of an accused rapist was dependent on the recorded testimony of one of the victims. Unfortunately, the recording was saved on a DVD, and the disk was damaged. As a result, the prosecution was unable to provide the testimony.

By Dr. Neal Krawetz

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Give Your Forensic Images the Boot, Part I

At its worst, incident response in the past consisted of someone with a little bit of knowledge sitting down at the affected machine and poking around at its contents. Computer forensics has influenced the initial response, but you may still find quality information from taking a live look at a suspect machine.

By Matt Churchill

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Video Game Consoles - Forensic Relevance and Investigative Approach

Today’s video game consoles are no longer just toys; they are powerful computing devices. Because of this, incident response teams need to recognize modern video game consoles for what they are: Potential sources of evidence.

By Alex Barnett

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E-Discovery Partnerships Go For Gold

In an otherwise grim economy, the e-discovery market may be a recession-proof industry for technology vendors. Lawsuits don't stop just because the economy is bad - in fact, they may even increase.

By Andrew Conry-Murray

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E-Discovery – The Endgame Is Production

Take the case of Legaretta v. AstraZeneca. When defendant AstraZeneca produced documents for opposing counsel to review, it did not include searchable metadata on the millions of documents. In fact, it included TIFF files that ran to tens of thousands of pages each; and — the crowning glory — there were no page breaks in nearly 4 million pages out of 10 million documents.

By Christine Taylor

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