ABA TECHSHOW.blogThe Latest Information About ABA TECHSHOW - The World's Premier Legal Technology ConferenceSecurity Breaches of Consumer Data Reach the 100 Million Records Mark- December 28, 2006 Reported security breaches, which have compromised personal information about individuals, reached the 100 million records mark on December 12, after disclosures that hackers had gained access to a database at UCLA and the theft of a Boeing laptop. The UCLA database contained personal information on approximately 800,000 present and former students, parents, faculty and staff. The laptop, stolen from a Boeing employee’s car, contained personal information on 382,000 current and former...http://www.techshow.com/blog/122806.shtml View from the Bench: Details for Details-Sake Dont Give a "Picture" to the Jury- December 22, 2006 People v. Guy Lucero, Sr.Guy Lucero, Jr., Denver, CO -- Use of photographs of a crime scene: The DA just went through the trouble of admitting 73 photographs of the scene of a drive-by shooting. He also admitted a diagram of the crime scene, with various markers (showing pieces of evidence) identified on the diagram. He is now going through each photograph on a large-screen, in numerical order. More ...http://www.techshow.com/blog/122206.shtml North Carolina Court Addresses Production of E-Mails from Backup Tapes- December 19, 2006 The new Federal Rules E-Discovery Amendments, which became effective on December 1 of this year, require a showing of "good cause" by the requesting party in order to obtain electronically stored information which is "not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost." Backup tapes will often be in this category. A North Carolina state court recently addressed this issue under state law when it ordered the restoration of e-mails from backup tapes, with the parties splitting the costs....http://www.techshow.com/blog/121906.shtml ABA TECHSHOW Announces Keynote Speaker- December 6, 2006 The Honorable Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, will give the ABA TECHSHOW 2007 Keynote Presentation on Thursday, March 22. Judge Scheindlin is renowned for a series of landmark decisions in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg. More...http://www.techshow.com/blog/120606.shtml |