By Cathy Lopez
On Oct. 1, the Seventh Circuit in Chicago launched an Electronic Discovery Pilot Program (EDPP) that aims to “foster a better balance for the ‘just, speedy and inexpensive’ determination of cases.”
Although the EDPP principles aim for the right target, the efficacy of the principles may be compromised by the watering down of the [...]

By C. Dean Little
We try to cover a variety of cutting-edge computer forensics topics here on Slack Space, but every once in a while it’s good to go back to the basics.
That’s why I’ve decided to write a quick little blog post about the proper way to prepare for the forensic imaging of laptops, desktops, [...]

By Eric P. Blank
Cloud computing is on the tip of every technologist’s tongue these days.
Blue chip tech giants such as International Business Machines Corp., the Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have spent hundreds of millions of marketing dollars touting the benefits of cloud computing, which, for all the ink it’s received, is really [...]

By C. Dean Little
The 17-month-long U.S. recession has cut into legal budgets everywhere, but it won’t diminish the demand for electronic data extraction services.
Indeed, the demand for extraction services will only increase over the next 18 to 24 months.
Why? My 40 years of experience as a commercial trial lawyer has shown me that documents – [...]