Originally published by Daily Journal. Lawyers may earn 1 MCLE credit by visiting Written by Bob Mehr, Senior Legal Services Advisor, DriveSavers, Inc. Lawyers everywhere who have historically conducted paper discovery are constantly faced with the challenge of e-discovery. In truth, the electronic process is not that different from the paper…
Originally published by Daily Journal. Lawyers may earn 1 MCLE credit by visiting https://www.callawyer.com/mcle/247 Written by Bob Mehr, Senior Legal Services Advisor, DriveSavers, Inc. Lawyers everywhere who have historically conducted paper discovery are constantly faced with the challenge of e-discovery. In truth, the electronic process is not that different from the paper process…
Since joining DriveSavers in 2001, Rene has performed data recovery on thousands of storage devices plagued with mechanical failures, physical damage and logical corruption. Over the past 5 years, he has focused his efforts on emerging technology while developing proprietary forensic processes for failed devices. As senior manager of the…
By Bob Mehr, Sr. Legal Services Advisor Looking Back: 2016 A number of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) amendments went into effect in 2015, a couple of which, FRCP Rules 26(b) and 37(e) brought more significant change in the realm of discovery than has been seen in decades. These changes…
In 2013, DriveSavers digital forensic team helped solve the murder of a Texas teen, Shania Gray. Last week, two more events took place to help bring closure for Shania’s family, friends and loved ones. Contributions from the lead prosecutor in the case, now Dallas County Judge Brandon Birmingham, the Balch…
Originally published by LegalTech News. By Bob Mehr, Sr. Legal Services Advisor at DriveSavers Tom Brady’s spoliation sanction could have been avoided, or at least different if he had followed simple information governance and preservation steps. Football fan or not, you’ve no doubt heard of “Deflategate,” the controversy that ultimately…
Originally published by IPMA HR. By Rene Novoa Many businesses have gone paperless, choosing to keep important documents, including those prepared and maintained by their human resources departments, stored digitally rather than in file cabinets. Going paperless provides businesses with a number of benefits, including search-friendliness and storage efficiency. It also introduces new data that is not…
By Rene Novoa, Manager of eDiscovery and Digital Forensics The recent FBI probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email likely mirrored eDiscovery tactics used by DriveSavers when processing electronically stored information (ESI) and digital evidence for law firms, corporations, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals. As an eDiscovery…
Originally published by Recode. Forensics experts talk about how investigators were able to put Humpty Dumpty back together. By Dawn Chmielewski FBI Director James Comey used a jigsaw puzzle analogy to describe how investigators pieced together Hillary Clinton’s email correspondence over the four years she served as secretary of state.…
Industry leader helps shape the future of data recovery and eDiscovery through an advisory role at the University of Southern California NOVATO, Calif. (May 24, 2016) DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic solutions, further strengthens its commitment to helping shape the future of data recovery…
