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Register Now for Upcoming Digital Dirt CLEs
Registration is now open for "Digital Dirt: Computer Forensics for Lawyers," a 6-hour continuing legal education seminar (including 1 hour ethics) on the technical and legal trends in the computer forensics industry.
The next "Digital Dirt" CLE will be held at the Westin Washington DC City Center, 1400 M Street NW, on July 23, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Future locations and dates will be announced as they are confirmed.
Computer forensics is rapidly becoming a multi-billion dollar industry, and is an increasingly important consideration in nearly every type of litigation. This seminar will be of particular interest to attorneys practicing in the following specialties:
- Criminal law;
- Domestic relations;
- Corporate litigation;
- Labor law; and
- Intellectual property.
This seminar provides attendees with a basic understanding of computer and forensic technology and legal trends so that they can more effectively evaluate the need for computer forensics in a given matter, retain a computer forensics expert, cross-examine opposing experts at deposition and trial, and better understand the complex legal questions involved in the search and seizure of electronic information.
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)
Recent Computer Forensic Headlines
The following are links to recent computer forensic articles pulled from various media sources that I have stored in my research database. Due to copyright considerations, the full text of these articles is not available on this site; click on the links to read the articles on their original site.
- MySpace victim’s mom disappointed by ruling, Mike Celizic, Today, July 3, 2009
- Nagin slams firm hired to recover his e-mail, John Pope, The Times-Picayune, July 2, 2009
- Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache, Brian X. Chen, Wired, July 1, 2009
- President Of NJ Military Academy Charged with Child Porn, Stephanie Barish, WPIX, July 1, 2009
- Experts: removal of Nagin's email appears deliberate, Jay Vise, WWL-TV, July 1, 2009
- Delco man pleads no contest to child porn charges, Mari A. Schaefer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 27, 2009
- Police say male nanny molested 10-year-old, Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 27, 2009
- Additional sex charges filed against Coweta man, Elizabeth Richardson, The Times-Herald, June 26, 2009
- Facebook and Divorce, Belinda Luscombe, Time, June 22, 2009
- Crown suggests husband was stalking wife for days, Natasha Marar, St. Thomas Times-Journal, June 17, 2009
- Tracking Cyberspies Through the Web Wilderness, John Markoff, The New York Times, May 12, 2009
- Court Strikes Down GPS Tracking Without Warrant, Sewell Chan, The New York Times, May 12, 2009
- Wisconsin court upholds GPS tracking by police, Ryan J. Foley, Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2009
- Got Child Porn Stored in Your Xbox? New Forensic Tool Will Find It, Anonymous Staff, Discoblog, May 1, 2009
- Standing guard in tough times against computer saboteurs, Marcus Kabel, The Star Ledger, April 30, 2009
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