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Digital Forensics
16 articles on digital forensics from the Law & Forensics team.
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.
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.
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.
November 18, 2024
Deepfakes In Court Proceedings: How To Safeguard Evidence
Imagine a courtroom where key evidence — a video of the defendant confessing to a crime — is so convincing that the judge and jury have little reason to doubt its authenticity.
October 16, 2024
Navigating the Mirage of Deepfakes in Court and Arbitration
The proliferation of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has given rise to a novel and formidable challenge: deep fakes. These hyper-realistic digital fabrications, generated through deep learning…
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
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (“CFAA”), codified as United States Code Title 18 Section 1030, is probably best known as the primary federal law governing cybercrime in the United States today. However, the…
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. While both fields converge in their utilization of digital data and may overlap once…
August 17, 2023
Forensic Neutrals and How to Use Them Effectively
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September 3, 2018
What is digital forensics?
Have you ever watched the well-known American TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, being fascinated as the team of investigators followed up on fingerprints, hairs, drops of blood, or any other indications that…
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. It’s like closing the stable door after the horses have run off with trade secret disputes. A…
April 27, 2017
Using Discovery Special Masters, Technical Special Masters, and Forensic Neutrals
[](/assets/uploads/2020/06/investigations.jpg)The rise of technical issues in litigation is steadily increasing the time and cost of resolving lawsuits. The average civil litigation in federal court takes upwards of…
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. While this is often not a problem for most people, attorneys in recent years have…
April 1, 2014
Digital Forensic Evidence in the Courtroom: Understanding Content and Quality
With the widespread permeation of continually advancing technologies into our daily lives, it is inevitable that the product of those technologies, i.e., digital information, makes its way into the courtroom. This…
February 1, 2008
Revisiting Network Neutrality
In the US, however, the main concern arising is a potential for a “fragmented” Internet, which leads us to conclude that network neutrality legislation is necessary on multiple levels. The article will conclude that…
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