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Recent Computer-Related Lectures and Seminars

• "Limewire Made Me Do It -- and Other Digital Follies," Office of the Federal Public Defender, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2010. Presentation to federal public defenders on peer-to-peer software technology, Internet caches, and other computer-related topics in obscenity and child pornography cases.
• Censorship, University of Vermont, April 20, 2010. Visiting lecture on the right to privacy in American society.
• "Can You See Me Now? The Growing Problem of Sexting in the Public Schools," National School Board Association Annual Conference, McCormick Place-West Convention Center, Chicago, IL, April 11, 2010. Lecture on the rapidly-growing phenomenon of sexting among middle and high school students around the country.
• "Social Media: The Undiscovered Country," Vermont Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting, Burlington, VT, March 19, 2010. Participated in panel discussion of various aspects of social media for attorneys, including First Amendment and computer forensics issues.
• "Living in a Wired World: Can Personal Privacy Survive in the 21st Century?", Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID, March 10, 2010. Lecture and booksigning for American Privacy: The 400-Year-History of Our Most Contested Right.
• "Living in a Wired World: Can Privacy Survive in the 21st Century?", University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, November 18, 2009. Lecture on the impact of technology on student privacy and book-signing for American Privacy: The Four-Hundred-Year History of Our Most Contested Right.
• "A Knock at the Door: Three Centuries of Governmental Search and Seizure," Bostonian Society, Old State House Museum, Boston, MA, November 4, 2009. Moderated and participate in a panel discussion on writs of assistance and book-signing for American Privacy: The Four-Hundred-Year History of Our Most Contested Right.
• Digital Forensics Association, Champlain College, Burlington, VT, October 21, 2009. Guest lecture on American Privacy and trends in student privacy.
• "LimeWire Made Me Do It: And Other Digital Follies," 2009 Federal Criminal Defense Seminar, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, October 9, 2009. Presented hour-long lecture on the technology of peer-to-peer software and related legal issues, including search and seizure, possession, and intent to distribute contraband.

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Recent Computer Forensic Headlines

• Georgia man gets 20 months on child porn charge, Anonymous Staff, Associated Press, July 28, 2010
• Pentagon workers tied to child porn, Brian Bender, The Boston Globe, July 23, 2010
• No charges issued for Vermont police porn, Matt Ryan, The Burlington Free Press, July 13, 2010
• Online predators sneaking under the radar, Stanley Kelly, Womens PUMA Shoes, June 28, 2010
• The battle against child pornography, Sam Hemingway, The Burlington Free Press, June 27, 2010
• Bestiality, kiddie porn: East Alton man pleads guilty, Anonymous Staff, Belleville News-Democrat, June 26, 2010
• Gigatribe and the 4th Amendment, Susan Brenner, Cyb3rcrim3, June 25, 2010
• Man charged with malware 'sexploitation' plot, Anonymous Staff, Hacking Exposed, June 23, 2010
• Sidney man sentenced on porn charges, Maunette Loeks, Star-Herald (Nebraska), June 22, 2010
• Man found guilty in child porn case, Anonymous Staff, Columbia Daily Tribune, June 17, 2010
• Industry leaders Facebook and MySpace first to use database to block child porn; Cuomo sends letters to other social networking sites and peer-to-peer sites urging implementation, Joel Irving, New York Paralegal Blog, June 17, 2010
• Torrent Trustyfiles, Marc Freedman, Trust Issue | Info, June 17, 2010
• Putting a Private Detective in Your Laptop, Eric A. Taub, The New York Times, June 16, 2010
• Are Child Predators Waiting, Watching, and Engaging on your Child’s Social Networking Sites?, Anonymous Staff, Legal News, June 15, 2010
• Child porn charges net house arrest for Chambersburg man, Vicky Taylor, Public Opinion, June 14, 2010

Recent Federal Computer Forensic Decisions

• United States v. Fumo, Criminal Action No. 06-319 (E.D. Pennsylvania, June 17, 2009
• United States v. Sarras, No. 08-11757 (11th Circuit, June 16, 2009)
• Blake v. Knieper, Case No. 03-74097 (E.D. Michigan, June 16, 2009)
• United States v. Lacey, No. 08-2515 (7th Circuit, June 12, 2009)
• United States v. Wadford, No. 08-4423 (4th Circuit, June 10, 2009)
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, C.A. No. 1:08-MC-104S (D. Rhode Island, June 10, 2009)
• United States v. Stephens, No. 07-20899 (5th Circuit, June 10, 2009)
• United States v. Strayer, 8:08CR482 (D. Nebraska, June 9, 2009)
• United States v. Williams, 08-CR-6218 CJS (W.D. New York, June 9, 2009)
• Trading Partners Collaboration, LLC v. Kantor, Civil Action No. 09-0823 (JAG) (D. New Jersey, June 8, 2009)

Recent State Computer Forensic Decisions

• State v. Romero, Nos. 60323-0-I Linked w/60308-6-I (Washington, Court of Appeals Div. 1, March 9, 2009)
• State v. Hurst, No. 2008-CA-0104 (Ohio, Court of Appeals 5th Dist., March 6, 2009)
• State v. Dudas, Nos. 2008-L-109 and 2008-L-110 (Ohio, Court of Appeals 11th Dist., March 6, 2009)
• State v. Dudas, Nos. 2008-L-078 and 2008-L-079 (Ohio, Court of Appeals 11th Dist., March 6, 2009)
• State v. Lacey, DA 07-0648 (Montana, March 3, 2009)
• State v. Martinez, No. 2008AP1626-CR (Wisconsin, Court of Appeals Dist. III, March 3, 2009)
• Velu v. State, No. 10-07-00327-CR (Texas, Court of Appeals 10th Dist., February 25, 2009)
• State v. Kamaka, No. WD69664 (Missouri, Court of Appeals West. Dist., February 24, 2009)
• Ex parte Morris, No. 11-08-00162-CR (Texas, Court of Appeals 11th Dist., February 19, 2009)
• State v. Holman, No. 36726-2-II (Washington, Court of Appeals Div. 2, February 18, 2009)