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.

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Recent Posts from Ride the Lightning

Seventh Circuit's Electronic Discovery Pilot Program
While watching the Sedona Conference webinar on the Cooperation Proclamation today, it struck me that I had never talked in Ride the Lightning about the Seventh Circuit's Electronic Discovery Pilot Program. This program, whose first…
Sedona Conference Webinar on the First Year of the Cooperation Proclamation
Anyone interested in e-discovery may want to attend the next Sedona Conference “Voices From the Desert” webinar focusing on the first year of the existence of the Cooperation Proclamation. The seminar will be held on…
Pizza party supporting the eDiscovery Institute on November 12
A guest post submitted by Joe Howie on behalf of the eDiscovery Institute: "I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and thought you might want to blog about the upcoming 5th Annual Pizza After Party in support…
Arizona: Public Records Law Requires Disclosure of Metadata
To my knowledge, this is the first time that a state Supreme Court has ruled that its public records law requires the disclosure of metadata. The Supreme Court of Arizona issued this opinion on October…
The Future of Search: Free CLE in McLean, Virginia
Our friend and colleague Jason Baron, the Director of LItigation for the National Archives and Records Administration, wrote me recently to let me know about a free CLE that sounds terrific. It is called "E-disovery:…
HAPPY DAYS ARE (ALMOST) HERE: DOCUMENTATION RE: CONTENTS OF A PST FILE
My team of computer forensics technologists was indeed happy today when they spotted a blog posting by Paul Larimer, Group Manager, Microsoft Office Interoperability. Paul says that Microsoft will be releasing documentation for the PST…
ONE TERRABYTE OF DATA ON A FINGERNAIL-SIZED CHIP
Those of us involved in electronic evidence certainly took note of a story earlier this week. Computerworld reported that engineers from North Carolina State University have created a material that could hold a terrabytes of…
UVA LAW SCHOOL OFFERS PRACTICAL E-DISCOVERY COURSE - WAHOO!
Last week, we had the pleasure of lecturing at the University of Virginia's School of Law during a special two-week program. The course was the brainchild of our friend and colleague John Tredennick, who led…
MORE ON THE BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD DATA BREACH
In a recent post, I discussed the massive Blue Cross/Blue Shield data breach, which elicited a thoughtful e-mail from Rob Rost. I was apparently less than clear in my post, because I agree with Rob…
EDRM DEVELOPMENTS ANNOUNCED AT THE MASTERS CONFERENCE
The Posse List reported today on EDRM developments announced at The Masters Conference. EDRM now has a new website - and has announced progress in each of its eight projects. There has been a certain…