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Ride the Lightning: Electronic Evidence 
An electronic evidence and computer forensics blog by noted author, lecturer and consultant Sharon Nelson.
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MOROCCAN WHISKEY AND COMPUTER FORENSICS
Posted on May 11, 2009Well, of COURSE there's a connection. It was the night before John and I were to speak for the Oregon State Bar near Portland and we were going out to dinner with our friend (author/lawyer/lecturer) Bill Gibson. On the recommedation...
WEB 2.0 JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN ARKANSAS
Posted on May 08, 2009On April 21st, an Arkansas judge issued an unusually high tech jury instruction: "... during your deliberations, please remember you must not provide any information to anyone by any means about this case. Thus, for example, do not use any...
HACKER LIFTS 8 MILLION VIRGINIA PATIENT RECORDS, DEMANDS RANSOM
Posted on May 06, 2009If only it were a movie. Then again, it probably will be a movie, a cable movie at least. On May 5th, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that a hacker had broken into the computer network of the Virginia Department of...
STARVATON DEATH REVEALS FORGED ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
Posted on May 04, 2009There are so many among us who depend on social services to monitor their well-being. But when one of those services routinely forges evidence of having made home visits before regular audits, it may be time to scrutunize an entire...
COMPUTER FORENSICS IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY - HELP?
Posted on May 01, 2009Computer forensics is computer forensics. That I can write about. However, I've been asked to write a chapter for a nurse's association about computer forensics in the healthcare industry. I'm not entirely stumpted - there have been some intrusions, some...
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR TREC 2009
Posted on April 29, 2009Recently, I had the pleasure of being on an EDD conference faculty with Jason Baron, the Director of Litigation for the Office of the General Counsel at the National Archives and Records Administration. Apart from his depth of knowledge, rapid-fire...
BLUE GRASS AND HOT BROWN: EDD IN KENTUCKY
Posted on April 27, 2009Last Friday, we presented one of our most popular seminars, "Electronic Evidence in Family Law," for the Louisville Bar Association and the Kentucky chapter of the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers. It was a sophisticated audience, almost all of whom...
GPS EVIDENCE LEADS TO MURDER CONVICTION
Posted on April 24, 2009Shyanne Somers was just 12 years old. She was supposed to babysit for the children of George Ford, Jr., but his wife Cindy returned home early and she wasn't needed. So George drove her home. He told police that he...
MORE ON EDD ANALYTICS FROM EQUIVIO
Posted on April 21, 2009Thanks to Amir Milo, the CEO of equivio, who wrote with respect to my recent posts on the use of analytics in EDD. Amir said: "As a player in this domain (and with no wish to promote any specific product),...
EDD: STARS OVER TEXAS AND LAWYERS AS PARTICLES...
Posted on April 20, 2009Last week?s EDD conference in Houston was a great success, thanks to the hard work of the Texas State Bar staff, our speaker/host Craig Ball, and a star-studded lineup that included Browning Marean, Ralph Losey, Jason Baron, Brandon Leatha, Judge...
HOW TO GET BLOG TRAFFIC: THREE WAY SEX AND SEX WITH ALIENS
Posted on April 14, 2009Recently, we began to get weekly blog stats from Ligit. Among other things, it shows the terms that bring folks to Ride the Lightning. As you might imagine, most of the searches are predictable: Computer forensics, EDD, TECHSHOW, EDD vendors,...
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
Posted on April 13, 2009I am very happy to be lecturing at a Texas CLE in Houston on Wednesday. The problem, Houston, is a sinus infection compounded by an ear infection - and the voice of The Frog Princess. Just got started on antibiotics...
EDD ANALYTICS IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Posted on April 09, 2009As we saw yesterday, Jeffrey the lawyer was having a tough time with the technical description of EDD analytics. So Rob Robinson of Orange Legal Technologies graciously went back and tried out a new non-technical version of his earlier note,...
ONCE MORE, IN ENGLISH: ANALYTICS IN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY
Posted on April 08, 2009In reply to yesterday's guest post by Rob Robinson, I received a comment from Jeffrey Reed, a lawyer in the Philadelphis area: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyreedesq What particularly struck me about his comment is that we in EDD often don't do a great...
CONSIDERING ANALYTICS?
Posted on April 07, 2009Just returned from ABA TECHSHOW, and now surrounded by piles and piles of documents glaring at me accusingly. So it is with great pleasure that I welcome this guest post from Rob Robinson of Orange Legal Technologies. Analytics in EDD...
TECHSHOW IN THE HOME STRETCH
Posted on April 03, 2009Thank heavens, just one more session to present at - and it's always low key on Saturday morning with so many folks sleeping in (not an option for speakers, lamentably). There was a full house at this morning's "Electronic Discovery...
TECHSHOW IN THE HOME STRETCH
Posted on April 03, 2009Thank heavens, just one more session to present at - and it's always low key on Saturday morning with so many folks sleeping in (not an option for speakers, lamentably). There was a full house at this morning's "Electronic Discovery...
TECHSHOW REPORT: MONETASUITE TO CAPTURE E-MAIL AND MS OFFICE TIME
Posted on April 02, 2009Courtesy of the nice folks at MonetaSuite, a number of bloggers (including John and I) had a very nice dinner at Gioco, where we were treated to a demonstration of this new product. Moneta captures e-mail and Microsoft Office time...
RAMPING UP FOR ABA TECHSHOW
Posted on April 01, 2009Through the power of Web 2.0, I suspect John and I will meet more folks than ever before at ABA TECHSHOW - a very pleasant thought. Though John is a certified forensic technologist, he is often pulled over to the...
BOOKS TO SHOP FOR AT ABA TECHSHOW
Posted on March 30, 2009As I prepare to head for ABA TECHSHOW this Wednesday, I thought it might be helpful to list some of our newest titles, so you have a chance to use the $10 book coupon that all attendees will receive when...
DEJA VU: VENDOR CODE OF COMPETITION
Posted on March 27, 2009I guess I'm exercising the eternal right of women to change their minds. Having declared this thread closed, I received a thoughtful response to my March 11th post that deserved the light of day. So, herewith: Sharon, This is a...
HAMMURABI'S CODE OF E-DISCOVERY
Posted on March 25, 2009Once again, it helps to have a sense of humor in this business. Thanks to CaseCentral for passing this along. I always liked the "river dunking test" of determining guilt. Anyone for reinstituting the test for Wall Street execs? E-mail:...
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER FORENSICS TOOL
Posted on March 23, 2009From the folks at DISKLABS. We always say when we lecture that folks want a simple "Find All Evidence" button. This comes close. :-) E-mail: snelson@senseient.com Phone: 703-359-0700 http://twitter.com/sharonnelsonesq
COMPARATIVE MARKETING IN EDD
Posted on March 18, 2009In reply to yesterday's post, I received the following comment from Rob Robinson, the Vice President of Marketing for Orange Legal Technologies: "Concerning the comment on ?any marketer worth his/her salt? ? I would suggest that when ?Firm C? uses...
HOW DO SMALL EDD FIRMS GET THE WORD OUT?
Posted on March 17, 2009In yesterday's post, there was a comment from Mr. John Smith. A reader who wishes to remain anonymous wrote to rebut something that John said: Mr. John Smith wote: ?Any marketing professional worth their salt should be capable of defining...
WHAT READERS SAID ABOUT AN EDD VENDOR CODE OF COMPETITION
Posted on March 16, 2009As promised, here are some of the replies to my last posting: Sharon, Thank you for yesterday?s post (Vendor Code of Competition) ? and the team at Orange Legal Technologies fully agrees with the synopsis thoughts in the post. We...
VENDOR CODE OF COMPETITION: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Posted on March 11, 2009A reader asked me to post the following for comment. Please reply privately to my e-mail address and I will post your reply if desired. And because I know I will be asked, I do not permit comments because I...
SOCIAL NETWORKS: AN AVALANCHE OF EVIDENCE
Posted on March 10, 2009This just makes my day. Theglobeandmail.com has just reported that (according to Nielsen) one in every eleven minutes spent online is spent on a social networking or blogging site. Consider the veritable avalanche of electronic evidence that will result, much...
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