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EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

July’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published July 24, 2024 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of the...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid

County police officers were investigating a theft of farm equipment. They applied for a “geofence warrant” to be served on Google: “A geofence warrant authorizes the seizure of location data collected from smartphones of...more

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Where in the World is That Phone? Geolocation of Mobile Devices

Mobile devices and cell phones are frequent sources of evidence in modern legal cases and investigations, and a common question involves where a phone was at a particular time. Although CSI makes this seem like a question...more

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Digital Forensics: The Good, the Bad, and the AI-Generated

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, you have heard something about artificial intelligence (AI). AI chat, art, and everything in between have been all over social media and news feeds. The AI craze...more

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Overcoming Technological Hurdles in Legal Investigations

The rapid pace of technological advancement poses significant challenges in eDiscovery and legal proceedings, particularly when it involves extracting data from a variety of devices. Solutions that fail to evolve alongside...more

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Push Notifications: The Latest Law Enforcement Evidence Source and Data Privacy Battleground

Hat tip to Debbie Reynolds for the heads up on this story! More than 130 petitions seeking access to push notification metadata have been filed in US courts, according to a Washington Post investigation also reported on...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

No Need to Hit Record: Your Smartphone is Tracking You (and Your Spouse)

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Since the dawn of cellphones, partners in domestic disputes who suspect their spouse is cheating on them want to see their partner’s phone records....more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Smartphones Contain a Treasure Trove of Data for Litigation, Compliance, and Investigation Purposes

In today’s digital age, mobile devices have become an integral part of our business and personal lives, and they more and more play a crucial role in legal hold, corporate governance, and internal or government...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

The Case for Targeted Smartphone Data Collection

Post-pandemic business operations for thousands of companies have evolved into a collection of remote workers bonded together by mobile devices and other emerging technologies. Today’s electronic discovery services require...more

StoneTurn

Avoiding Pitfalls in Internal Investigations

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Internal investigations play a critical role in mitigating insider risks, and technology is making the job of investigators easier. Nevertheless, organizations can make missteps that jeopardize the effectiveness of...more

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The Data Most People Don’t Know Exists

Technology has transformed our world, mostly for the better. We can take a road trip without a map in hand, get groceries delivered to our homes and keep track of our physical activity level in real time. But the tradeoff is...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Cases Involving Emoticons As Evidence Are On The Rise

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Approximately, one year ago, I authored a blog about emoticons finding their way into the courtroom as purported evidence of a crime or tort (Texter Beware: Emojis as Evidence). Although emoticons began appearing in court...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Smartphone: A Treasure Trove of Evidence in Trade Secret Cases

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It’s hard to believe the first smartphone was released over 20 years ago. At that time, few thought it would become such an integral part of our lives. Additionally, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone and its...more

Snell & Wilmer

Privacy and The Cell Phone: Arizona Says Yes

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Arizona recently recognized a “legitimate expectation of privacy” in cell phones. The case was State v. Peoples, and the opinion was issued on September 12, 2016. The Peoples case was about the police’s search of a cell...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Digital Emotions: The Evidentiary Impact of Emoticons and Emojis

When computer science professor Scott Fahlman posted a sideways smiley face on an electronic message board at Carnegie Mellon University in 1982, he could not possibly have known that combination of dots and dashes would give...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Searching Student Smart Phones in The Wake of Riley V. California

In the recent, landmark case of Riley v. California, the United States Supreme Court held that the police may not search digital data on the cell phone of an arrestee without a warrant, reasoning that smart phones not only...more

McManis Faulkner

BYOD: Party Essentials for Corporations and Employees

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The need to stay connected these days applies not only to our social universe, but also to our business universe. The result is a trend known as “bring your own device” or “BYOD.” BYOD is the practice where employees use...more

Carlton Fields

Smartphones Can Be An E-Discovery Gold Mine Or Sinkhole

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The Florida Supreme Court recently considered the data storage capability of a smartphone in the context of a Fourth Amendment search and seizure case. ...more

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