Ride the Lightning
This blawg has been developed to share electronic evidence news, to report and reflect upon current computer forensics and electronic discovery developments and to offer a lighthearted view of electronic evidence from the trenches. From the blawg you can find a link to the blawgger's ABA podcast series, The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology.
Author: Sharon D. Nelson is president of Sensei Enterprises, a legal technology and computer forensics company based in Fairfax, Va. She currently serves on the governing council of the ABA's Law Practice Management Section and as chair of its publications board.
Blawg Related Categories: Evidence • Legal Technology • Consultant • Podcaster • Podcast
Recent Posts from Ride the Lightning
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DIVORCE ATTORNEYS SUED OVER E-MAILS GLEANED FROM SPYWARE
I've been waiting for this case. It was just inevitable that attorneys (as opposed to spouses) would one day be sued for using evidence obtained from spyware. A two million dollar lawsuit has been filed…
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THE RIAA VERDICT: DID THE JURY SMELL A WEASEL?
By now, everyone has heard about the Jamie Thomas-Rasset case, in which the jury awarded the RIAA nearly $2 million for the illegal download of 24 songs. I was quick to say that the decision…
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GOVERNOR SANFORD'S E-MAIL: WHY DO FOLKS DO THIS TO THEMSELVES?
You would think people would get it by now. Don't e-mail anything you don't want to see in the New York Times, on a billboard on I-95, or in St. Peter's hands. The minute I…
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ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN EVERYDAY CASES: ESI BYTES PODCAST
Yesterday, John and I had the pleasure of doing a podcast with Karl Schieneman of JurInnov, Ltd. Karl has been very successful at rounding up EDD lumanaries forJurInnov's ESI Bytes podcasts. Readers should check out…
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WEST VIRGINIA ISSUES METADATA OPINION
On June 10th, the West Virginia Lawyer Disciplinary Board issued an opinion on metadata entitled, What is Metadata and Why Should Lawyers Be Cautious? A bit of an odd title, I thought, but it basically…
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EXCELLENT E-BOOK ON MEET AND CONFER AVAILABLE
I am always (and usually with good cause) skeptical of vendor publications. But the recent "Considering Meet and Confer" issued by Orange Legal Technologies is a gem. I loved the "Meet and Confer Checklist" -…
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LAWYER E-FILING GOOFS HAVE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS
A recent Law.com article warned lawyers to be wary of the appellate pitfalls of e-filing. In one case, the law firm meant to file a notice of appeal, but mistakenly filed the wrong document. Oops.…
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SECURELY LOCKING DOWN PDFS REDUX
Last week, I posted advice from John about how to securely lock down a PDF document. It was good advice. Except that a vendor, who wants you to PAY for a secure lock-down wrote me…
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ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE AND DISCOVERY: WHAT EVERY LAWYER SHOULD KNOW NOW
It's always a pleasure to salute fellow authors who undertake the daunting subject of e-discovery and do it credibly. Those interested in EDD should take a look at the new book Electronic Evidence and Discovery:…
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COMPUTER TECH FINDS CHILD PORN ON YOUR COMPUTER - NOW WHAT?
You're probably going to jail. It was a long recess in the proceedings for Kenneth Sodomsky, a Pennsylvania man who had been charged with possession of child pornography after a computer repair technician found the…