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Digital Forensics
11 articles on digital forensics from the Law & Forensics team.
Acquisition and analysis of evidence from computers, phones, cloud platforms and servers — what artifacts prove, what they cannot, and how a method is documented so it survives challenge. Written for litigators deciding what to preserve and what a forensic finding is actually worth.
June 2, 2026
The Courtroom Can't Believe Its Eyes: How Deepfakes Are Rewriting Evidence Law
AI-generated fabrications are no longer a hypothetical threat to litigation — they are arriving in courtrooms today. A look at the authentication challenge, where the Federal Rules of Evidence fall short, and what counsel must do right now.
June 2, 2026
The Expert Who Works for the Truth: How Forensic Neutrals Cut the Cost and Risk of Complex Disputes
In complex commercial disputes involving trade secrets, data breaches, and massive ESI sets, the traditional battle-of-the-experts model wastes time and money while producing less reliable outcomes. Forensic neutrals — who serve the proceeding rather than either party — are changing that calculus.
April 3, 2025
Authenticating AI-Generated Evidence in the Courtroom
As AI-generated and AI-altered exhibits enter the courtroom, counsel and judges must rethink how authentication frameworks, provenance, and forensic analysis establish reliability.
September 15, 2024
Deepfakes and the Integrity of Evidence in Family Courts
AI-generated audio, video, and images now threaten the integrity of evidence in family court. Here is how judges and counsel can authenticate the record.
July 22, 2024
Detecting Deception: Tools for Identifying Deepfakes in Court Proceedings
A practical toolkit for litigators and judges confronting synthetic media in court: forensic indicators, provenance and metadata analysis, expert testimony, and strategies to challenge or defend manipulated evidence.
February 20, 2024
The advantages of mediating Computer Fraud and Abuse Act disputes
For CFAA cases pursued as civil matters, mediation can be an effective tool for resolving disputes, saving the parties time and money in a way that gets to the heart of the technical issues.
January 17, 2024
Understanding the Distinct Roles of E-Discovery and Digital Forensics
E-discovery and digital forensics are two distinct and nuanced concepts that are often conflated in the world of legal technology.
September 3, 2018
What is digital forensics?
In the same way as people leave physical pieces of evidence of where they’ve been, they leave virtual traces online, too.
May 5, 2017
The Neutral Corner: Using Forensic Neutrals in Trade Secret Disputes
The dirty secret of trade secret disputes is that even if you win, it can be difficult to get back to where you started.
April 27, 2017
Using Discovery Special Masters, Technical Special Masters, and Forensic Neutrals
The rise of technical issues in litigation is steadily increasing the time and cost of resolving lawsuits.
August 15, 2016
The Neutral Corner: Understanding a Digital Forensics Report
As technology rapidly advances, it is becoming more and more difficult to find the hidden truths contained in digital footprints.
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