Firms are also increasingly beginning to use e-disclosure professionals who can «harvest»
electronic evidence by making a non-invasive mirror image through bit by bit and sector - by - sector copying of a memory device onto an external hard drive.
Not exact matches
Yet
by now, officials said, intelligence analysts would also have expected to have culled from
electronic intercepts of overseas conversations at least some secondary
evidence that the Russians might be involved — suspicious telephone or email conversations, suggestive messages, movements of Russian agents — something.
Subject to Section 6 and the other terms and conditions of the Plan, each Stock Appreciation Right grant will be
evidenced by an Award Agreement (which may be in
electronic form) that will specify the exercise price, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.
In the past three years Clegg has backed the «snoopers» charter», pushed for secret courts and stood mutely as
evidence emerged of widespread
electronic surveillance
by the security services.
This is
evidenced by publishers like Britannica moving to
electronic - only publication.
The $ 400 million suit was originally struck down
by Electronic Arts, Respawn's parent company, for a reported lack of
evidence, but Judge Elihu Berle has found enough ground for the case -LSB-...]
The range of his activities is
evidenced by his many collaborations including with the artists Dominique Gonzalez - Foerster, Anri Sala and Tino Sehgal, as well as the bands Einstürzende Neubauten (with whom he has made two CDʼs), The Orb and The Residents, the performance group La Fura dels Baus, the interdisciplinary architecture team Raumlabor Berlin, and the
electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnik.
Sedona Canada does not analyze: (1) the meaning and consequences of the «system integrity concept» in the e-records provisions of the
Evidence Acts — proof of «records integrity» requires proof of «records system integrity»; (2) the National Standard of Canada for e-records management,
Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence CAN / CGSB -72.34-2005 («72.34»); and, (3) the need of the parties to exchange verifications of compliance, provided by records management experts, of their electronic records management systems (ERMS's) with the national
Electronic Records as Documentary
Evidence CAN / CGSB -72.34-2005 («72.34»); and, (3) the need of the parties to exchange verifications of compliance, provided
by records management experts, of their
electronic records management systems (ERMS's) with the national
electronic records management systems (ERMS's) with the national standard.
And the length of all proceedings has to increase if adequate opportunity is to be provided to challenge and test the reliability of
evidence produced
by large and very complex
electronic systems.
That identifies a major reason for enacting the
electronic records provisions that are in 11 of the 14
Evidence Acts in Canada, including Book 7 of the Civil Code of Quebec, i.e., so that
electronic records, such as those created
by way of such conversion of paper records
by imaging into secure
electronic storage, will in law be «original records.»
The improper procedure imposed
by CGSB caused me as the Chair, and the other senior lawyer specialized in the use of records as
evidence, Martin Felsky, [2] to resign from the CGSB committee that drafted what is now this National Standard of Canada: Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence CAN / CGSB -72.34-2017 («72.34 - 2017,» as of March 1, 2017
evidence, Martin Felsky, [2] to resign from the CGSB committee that drafted what is now this National Standard of Canada:
Electronic Records as Documentary
Evidence CAN / CGSB -72.34-2017 («72.34 - 2017,» as of March 1, 2017
Evidence CAN / CGSB -72.34-2017 («72.34 - 2017,» as of March 1, 2017, pdf.).
Electronic Discovery for Small Cases: Managing Digital
Evidence and ESI,
by Bruce A. Olson and Tom O'Connor, was published a year ago.
The problem is compounded in the UK
by the absence of detailed guidance in the Civil Procedure Rules about how to deal with
electronic evidence.
Not surprisingly, Fred von Lohmann (congrats,
by the way, Fred), on the
Electronic Frontier Foundation's blog, cites this «spam - igation» as further
evidence that copyright law has become a breeding ground for «trolls intent on shaking down individuals for fast settlements a thousand at a time.»
The Digital
Evidence and
Electronic Signature Law Review is published
by Mason «with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), School of Advanced Study, University of London on the SAS Open Journals System.»
Preservation of
electronic documents on your own side of litigation is mandated
by the same rules always governing preservation of
evidence (such as ABA Model Rule 3.4), and also
by specific e-discovery rules in place in the Federal (such as FRCP 26 (f)-RRB- and some state courts.
John is a frequent author (fifteen books published
by the ABA and hundreds of articles) and speaker on legal technology, information security and
electronic evidence topics.
Courts already are wrestling with the challenges presented in general
by electronic evidence, which has become almost ubiquitous in both civil and criminal cases.
The disciplinary notice referred to Brady's awareness and knowledge of the scheme and his «failure to cooperate fully and candidly with the investigation, including
by refusing to produce relevant
electronic evidence...».
CONDITIONS FOR USE OF AFFIDAVIT OR
ELECTRONIC RECORDING (21) Evidence at trial by affidavit or electronic recording may be use
ELECTRONIC RECORDING (21)
Evidence at trial
by affidavit or
electronic recording may be use
electronic recording may be used only if,
The best
evidence, however, is an April 2, 1994, news article in The Baltimore Sun, Lawyers in Cyberspace, about how Venable «recently hung out an
electronic shingle as a publisher on the Internet — making articles
by its lawyers available worldwide to users of the far - flung network of computer networks.»
It provides the necessary means of determining when an e-records management system has the necessary «system integrity» required
by the admissibility rule that your ULCC working group wrote into the
electronic records provisions of the
Evidence Acts.
The article mentions this distinction as set out
by Underwood and Penner in
Electronic Evidence in Canada, which has been taken up
by some cases as well.
The
electronic notary: The notary is a public officer whose main function is authentication, or providing
evidence for authentication
by others.
In particular, the notion of an «original» document, as contemplated
by the «best
evidence» rule, was not helpful in the
electronic world, being either meaningless or irrelevant to the purpose of the rule.
The Conference working group was aware of the risks presented
by the growth of information, and thus
evidence, in
electronic form.
Author: Lawyer2Lawyer is hosted
by J. Craig Williams a lawyer with the Williams Law Firm in Newport Beach, Calif. who also authors May it Please the Court, and Robert Ambrogi, a solo practitioner in Rockport, Mass., who also authors Robert Ambrogi's Lawsites, Media Law and BullsEye - Expert Witnesses & Litigation, contributes to Catalyst E-Discovery Blog; The ESI Report is hosted
by Michele C.S. Lange, a staff attorney in the
electronic evidence services group at Eden Prairie, Minn. - based Kroll Ontrack Inc.; Workers» Comp Matters is hosted
by Alan S. Pierce, who practices at Alan S. Pierce & Associates in Salem, Mass.; and Ringler Radio is co-hosted
by Ringler Associates» Larry Cohen (North Andover, Mass.) and Donald J. Engels (Chicago); Law Technology Now is hosted
by Monica Bay, who is editor - in - chief of Law Technology News and also authors The Common Scold; In - House Legal is hosted
by Paul D. Boynton of MCB Communications in Needham, Mass.; The Kennedy - Mighell Report is hosted
by Dennis Kennedy, who also authors DennisKennedy.com and is a columnist for the ABA Journal, and Tom Mighell.
There should be a rule that recognizes, in circumstances where the Law Society has had to copy
electronic records held
by a third party, the Law Society may rely on the copies as best
evidence and the onus is on the lawyer to provide a forensic copy of those records if the lawyer wishes to dispute the quality of the
evidence.
The eDiscovery industry has been built
by pioneers on the backs of unsuspecting early adopter clients and technologists who shared a common vision, the digitization of the legal world and the inevitable mainstream adoption of
electronic evidence management.
Evidence law presumes the authenticity of records if «if it is established that the
electronic record was recorded or stored in the usual and ordinary course of business
by a person who is not a party to the proceedings and who did not record or store it under the control of the party seeking to introduce the record.»
No judge has ever determined what they mean
by «reliability» of a machine controlled
by software code, as I indicate in chapter 6 of
Electronic Evidence (4th edn, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies for the SAS Humanities Digital Library, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2017), which is also an open source text http://ials.sas.ac.uk/digital/humanities-digital-library/observing-law-ials-open-book-service-law/
electronic-
evidence.
Addario argued Crown attorneys have a lot of control over the pace of trials, because they can ask a judge to dismiss frivolous defence applications, can draft shorter indictments, vet witness lists, skip a preliminary hearing
by drafting a direct indictment, refuse to bring applications to protect confidential informants or to introduce «hearsay»
evidence, and could organize disclosure in easily searchable
electronic format.
«These days almost everything is digital, so it's hard to believe you can provide competent representation
by ignoring
electronic evidence,» Waxse says.
By introducing policies and involving experts before or at the onset of litigation, lawyers are helping themselves and their clients to ease the burden of managing
electronic evidence.
«Technologically competent» also requires knowledge of the
electronic technology that now produces most of the
evidence, and very frequently used types of
evidence; for example, these kinds of
evidence: (1) records are now the most frequently used kind of
evidence but most often come from very complex
electronic records management systems; (2) mobile phone tracking
evidence because we all carry mobile phones; (3) breathalyzer device readings because they are the basis of more than 95 % of impaired driving cases; and, (4) expert opinion
evidence that depends upon data produced
by electronic systems and devices.
«The law of e-discovery has largely been driven
by a handful of federal judges who realized early on [that]
electronic evidence was going to be a big issue in their courtrooms,» she says.
She stated, at para. 98, that article 402 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not give a trial judge «carte blanche to order disclosure of communications protected
by an almost impermeable legal coating» and «
evidence gathered through
electronic surveillance... is not amenable to a balancing contest».
The disputed
evidence here consisted of survey data collected
by electronic means and compiled in software, and the Court concludes this information easily passes the test for reliability (at paras 17 — 19).
Evidence Act, s. 34.1 (1) «
electronic record» means data that is recorded or stored on any medium in or
by a computer system or other similar device, that can be read or perceived
by a person or a computer system or other similar device, and includes a display, printout or other output of that data, other than a printout referred to in subsection (6);
Therefore: (1) the «prime directive» of the national standards states: «an organization shall always be prepared to produce its records as
evidence»; and, (2) the proof of «records system integrity» required
by the
electronic records provisions is very necessary.
Such is also true of their legal departments, as is shown
by the absence of ERMS issues in almost all case law and guidelines concerning the use of
electronic records as evidence, including the four Sedona Canada Principles texts; see: Why a Legal Opinion is Necessary for Electronic Records Management Systems,» (2012), 9 Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review
electronic records as
evidence, including the four Sedona Canada Principles texts; see: Why a Legal Opinion is Necessary for Electronic Records Management Systems,» (2012), 9 Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review 1
evidence, including the four Sedona Canada Principles texts; see: Why a Legal Opinion is Necessary for
Electronic Records Management Systems,» (2012), 9 Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review
Electronic Records Management Systems,» (2012), 9 Digital
Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review 1
Evidence and
Electronic Signature Law Review
Electronic Signature Law Review 17 (pdf).
Last weekend I finally got down to perusing David Wotherspoon and Alex Cameron's
Electronic Evidence and E-Discovery, recently published
by LexisNexis.
(6) revising the records provisions of the
Evidence Acts in Canada in support of these innovations
by adding a «rebuttable presumption of inadequacy,» so as to enforce proof of compliance with the National Standards of Canada for
electronic records management;
To make it less fragile, perhaps one should arrange to feed the
electronic «
evidence» to a notary public, for them to certify
by date...
No law firm has the necessary degree of specialization of staff, legal materials used, re-use of previously created work - product, or scaled volumes of production, to be able to cope with rapidly expanding volumes of laws, complexity of laws based upon technology, and the masses of records created
by the automating of records
by electronic technology — every interaction, communication, and transmission that we have now, produces a record, which could be related to some legal service, and records are now the most frequently used kind of
evidence in legal proceedings.
Firstly he examines the collection of
evidence by police and the unique issues that arise with
electronic evidence, whether it is data or interception of Peer - to - Peer chats.
These questions of physical versus
electronic evidence are central to a draft article linked
by The Volokh Conspiracy's Orin Kerr.
The three analogies: (1) whereas a pre-
electronic paper record can be symbolized
by a piece of paper in a file drawer, an
electronic record is like a drop of water in a pool of water, i.e., it is completely dependent upon its ERMS for its existence, accessibility, and «integrity» (as that word is used in the
electronic records provisions of the
Evidence Acts; e.g. s. 31.2 (1)(a) CEA); (2) if expert opinion evidence were rendered admissible in the way that electronic records are, there would be no evidence presented, nor cross-examination allowed, as to the qualifications of the expert witnesses, i.e., the «qualifications» of an electronic record being the state of records management of the ERMS in which it is stored; (3) going from a horse - powered transportation system to a motor vehicle - based transportation system has required a vast amount of new laws, regulations, and enforcement personnel, including police officers, judges, and lawyers, i.e., stepping up to a new technology requires that it be controlled by new laws and regulations, otherwise it will cause injury, damage, and in
Evidence Acts; e.g. s. 31.2 (1)(a) CEA); (2) if expert opinion
evidence were rendered admissible in the way that electronic records are, there would be no evidence presented, nor cross-examination allowed, as to the qualifications of the expert witnesses, i.e., the «qualifications» of an electronic record being the state of records management of the ERMS in which it is stored; (3) going from a horse - powered transportation system to a motor vehicle - based transportation system has required a vast amount of new laws, regulations, and enforcement personnel, including police officers, judges, and lawyers, i.e., stepping up to a new technology requires that it be controlled by new laws and regulations, otherwise it will cause injury, damage, and in
evidence were rendered admissible in the way that
electronic records are, there would be no
evidence presented, nor cross-examination allowed, as to the qualifications of the expert witnesses, i.e., the «qualifications» of an electronic record being the state of records management of the ERMS in which it is stored; (3) going from a horse - powered transportation system to a motor vehicle - based transportation system has required a vast amount of new laws, regulations, and enforcement personnel, including police officers, judges, and lawyers, i.e., stepping up to a new technology requires that it be controlled by new laws and regulations, otherwise it will cause injury, damage, and in
evidence presented, nor cross-examination allowed, as to the qualifications of the expert witnesses, i.e., the «qualifications» of an
electronic record being the state of records management of the ERMS in which it is stored; (3) going from a horse - powered transportation system to a motor vehicle - based transportation system has required a vast amount of new laws, regulations, and enforcement personnel, including police officers, judges, and lawyers, i.e., stepping up to a new technology requires that it be controlled
by new laws and regulations, otherwise it will cause injury, damage, and injustice.
(5) increasing the ability of the law to render accurate and just results
by use of the «triangle of interdependent concepts» for the use of
electronic records as
evidence.
(
By contrast the statute and regulations about Canada's secure
electronic signatures give a presumption of attribution and of admissibility as
evidence to the signed document.)