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‘Nuff Said on Imaging a Laptop

July 19, 2011 Josh Gilliland Discovery, e-Discovery, Forensic Image, Targeted Collection

A Plaintiff sought the forensic image of a laptop after the producing party collected the responsive data and placed it on a thumb drive. Magistrate Judge Nuffer denied the motion. Hansen v. Chevron USA, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58488 (D. Utah May 31, 2011). In the course of discovery,[…]

How to Get a Judge to Overcome the Guilt of Ordering the Forensic Examination of a Personal Computer

June 14, 2010 Josh Gilliland e-Discovery, Forensic Image

Judges loath ordering the forensic imaging of personal computers. Here is a case where that was not a problem for the Court. In Genworth Fin. Wealth Mgmt. v. McMullan, the Plaintiffs brought a motion to compel the Defendants to produce their computers for forensic imaging, plus a preservation order and[…]