Effective Preservation Letters for Electronic Evidence

Since 90% of the world’s information is stored as computer generated data, electronic discovery has become an imperative part of litigation. Billions of e-mails are being sent each day and more information is primarily (and sometimes only) stored electronically. When litigation occurs, evidence is most likely found hidden between the bits and bytes of electronic…

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Ways to Have a Handy Backup of Your Files

Do you always want to carry a handy backup copy of your website, photos or music collection? Let’s face it, some users want to have the ability to have a backup copy of their files so that they can show their friends their latest photos wherever they maybe. Whether it’s at an internet cafe or…

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Computer Forensics Guidelines

Contributed by Andrew Whitehead Computer Forensic Examination and Analysis A thorough Computer forensic examination and its subsequent analysis is not something that can be done by anyone, a specialist in the field will be required to examine any suspect computer system that has been seized for this purpose. He will be able examine it as…

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Computer Forensic: Seizing the Evidence

The computer forensic experts have to conform with many rules and regulations if the evidence they uncover is to be acceptable to the courts. The first step in obtaining computer forensic evidence is obtaining a search warrant to seize the suspect system. This warrant must include wording allowing the investigators to seize not only the…

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Top Ten Disaster Recovery Tips

Disaster Recovery is ‘make or Break’ Research shows that most firms hit by a catastrophic event, without no disaster recovery plan, go out of business within two years. Even a basic disaster recovery plan will increase the chances of recovery. Disaster Recovery Tips 1. Store your system passwords in at least two separate secure locations.…

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Amendments to the federal rules of civil procedure

Rule 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management (b) Scheduling and Planning. Except in categories of actions exempted by district court rule as inappropriate, the district judge, or a magistrate judge when authorized by district court rule, shall, after receiving the report from the parties under Rule 26(f) or after consulting with the attorneys for the parties…

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