Heuristica Discovery Counsel is offering lawyers a suite of litigation software, and the tech and legal support necessary for
handling electronic evidence, says Duncan Fraser, its co-CEO and senior counsel.
Consequently
handling electronic evidence correctly and understanding the techniques available is becoming increasingly important for all parties.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (b)(2) mandates that lawyers meet and confer about discovery issues and agree on how to
handle electronic evidence.
Subsequently, the number of sanctions levied against parties who improperly
handle electronic evidence continues to increase.
Our Delivery Services team directly supports clients in designing, developing and implementing eDiscovery solutions that help law firms and corporate legal departments
handle electronic evidence.
Not exact matches
Although the recent Practice Directions for CPR Pt 31 have provided some guidance on the
handling of
electronic documents, the rules of best
evidence that apply to paper - based
evidence are of limited relevance.
Potgieter and Subramoney have joined FTI's Johannesburg office after more than 10 years with KPMG Forensic, where Potgieter headed the Africa telecoms group, specialising in fraud, corruption and transaction reviews and valuation, while Subramoney was an associate director,
handling fraud, cyber investigations, digital
evidence recovery and
electronic discovery.
The reason that section 6 on standards was put into the Uniform Act was to try to ensure that such standards would be read broadly, toinclude if need be these private agreements on how
electronic evidence would be
handled.
Expertise in the evaluation and
handling of
electronic evidence is just one way in which forensic accounting has evolved.
In addition to the mega trials, he said the rising use of
electronic communication of
evidence, increased resources in police investigations, and even the increase in Crown attorney hirings have created a massive uptake in demand that the static numbers of judges and courtrooms can't
handle or accommodate.
Recognizing these facts, litigators and investigators in both civil and criminal matters have begun to focus carefully on
electronic discovery and the role of computer forensics — the science of reliably recovering and
handling electronic storage media and the data contained therein so as to provide the appropriate foundations for admissible
evidence.
Abided by and followed all procedures relating to the proper
handling and chain - of - custody of
evidence in the computer forensic laboratory and performed triage and examinations on
electronic media to quickly assess and prioritize the intelligence value of computer based
electronic media (e.g., hard drives, CDs).