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Understanding the Expert Witness Role in Court
Understanding the Expert Witness Role in Court

Lance Sloves
5 days ago4 min read
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The Legal Preservation Letter for Truck Accident Lawyers: The Digital Evidence That Disappears First
The Legal Preservation Letter for Truck Accident Lawyers: The Digital Evidence That Disappears First

Lance Sloves
Aug 2021 min read
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The Cell Phone Inspection Protocol: What Trucking and Civil Litigators Need to Get Right Before the Device Is Touched
How to draft a defensible cell phone forensic protocol in trucking and civil litigation — full file system vs. logical extraction, iCloud, Google Takeout and Samsung Cloud collection, dashcam SD cards, and ELD records.

Lance Sloves
Jul 98 min read
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Cell Phone Evidence in Trucking Accident Reconstruction: A Guide for Plaintiff and Defense Counsel
Every catastrophic trucking accident leaves behind a digital record. A commercial driver's cell phone — seized, preserved, and forensically examined — can answer questions no witness, black box, or dash camera can. This comprehensive guide covers preservation, forensic examination, CDR analysis, Daubert considerations, and discovery strategy for both plaintiff and defense counsel.

Lance Sloves
Jun 67 min read
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Nine Common Spoliation Patterns in Employment Litigation (And the Forensic Artifacts That Reveal Them)
After two decades of digital forensic examinations in employment matters, the spoliation patterns are remarkably consistent. A look at nine recurring patterns — including a new category driven by workplace AI tools — and the forensic artifacts that reveal each one.

Lance Sloves
May 118 min read
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Forensic Preservation and Processing of Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) in Litigation
Digital video recorder (DVR) and network video recorder (NVR) systems are everywhere — in businesses, homes, warehouses, parking lots, and along public roadways. When an incident becomes the subject of litigation, the surveillance footage captured by these systems can be the single most important piece of evidence in a case. But DVR evidence is also among the most fragile and most frequently mishandled digital evidence we encounter in our practice. The difference between foot

Lance Sloves
Mar 198 min read
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10 Custodians, 14 Days: CFSI Handles Large-Scale eDiscovery Using Forensic Collections and the Top-of-Class CS Disco Review Platform Preferred by the Legal Community for Review and Production
By Lance Sloves, CCE, CCPA | Computer Forensic Services, Inc. | Dallas, Texas A practical guide to collecting, processing, and loading ESI from computers, Office 365, OneDrive, Teams, and cell phones into a review platform — fast. If you're a litigation attorney staring down a two-week production deadline with ten custodians, each generating data across computers, email, cloud storage, Teams, and cell phones, you're looking at one of the most common yet operationally complex

Lance Sloves
Feb 216 min read
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The Importance of Forensic Data Collection in Digital Evidence
The Importance of Forensic Data Collection in Digital Evidence

Lance Sloves
Feb 2010 min read
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Snapchat at 70 MPH: How a Forensic iPhone Examination Exposed Distracted Driving Before a Highway Collision
Forensic iPhone Examination

Lance Sloves
Feb 209 min read
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How Long Do You Have to Preserve Cell Phone Evidence After a Trucking Accident?
How Long Do You Have to Preserve Cell Phone Evidence After a Trucking Accident

Lance Sloves
Feb 196 min read
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5 Types of Cell Phone Evidence That Win Trucking Accident Cases
5 Types of Cell Phone Evidence That Win Trucking Accident Cases

Lance Sloves
Feb 195 min read
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CDR vs. Cell Phone Extraction: What Trucking Attorneys Need to Know
CDR vs. Cell Phone Extraction

Lance Sloves
Feb 195 min read
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How iPhone Forensics Can Reconstruct a Pedestrian's Final Minutes in a Fatal Accident Case
How iPhone Forensics Can Reconstruct a Pedestrian's Final Minutes in a Fatal Accident Case

Lance Sloves
Feb 188 min read
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How Call Detail Records (CDR) Analysis Can Reveal the Truth in Vehicle Accident Cases
How Call Detail Records (CDR) Analysis Can Reveal the Truth in Vehicle Accident Cases

Lance Sloves
Feb 188 min read
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Cell Phone Forensics in the Amber Guyger Murder Trial: How Digital Evidence Helped Secure a Historic Conviction
Cell Phone Forensics in the Amber Guyger Murder Trial

Lance Sloves
Feb 184 min read
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When Forensic Testing Matters: How Untested Assumptions Led to a Reversed Custody Order
When Forensic Testing Matters

Lance Sloves
Feb 175 min read
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Understanding Cellebrite Extractions: A Guide for Legal Professionals
Cellebrite is the leading mobile forensic platform used worldwide. Learn the different extraction levels, what attorneys should look for in reports, and how to challenge mobile evidence.

Lance Sloves
Feb 164 min read
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USB Device Tracking: How Forensic Examiners Prove Data Theft
Windows records every USB device connection with timestamps and serial numbers. Learn how forensic examiners use these artifacts to prove data theft in trade secret cases.

Lance Sloves
Feb 164 min read
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Expert Witness Testimony in Digital Forensics: What Attorneys Should Know
Choosing the right digital forensics expert witness can make or break your case. Learn what qualifications matter, how to prepare your expert, and what to expect at trial.

Lance Sloves
Feb 164 min read
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Drone Forensics: Recovering Flight Data for Litigation and Investigations
Drones store precise GPS flight paths, operator locations, and media metadata. Learn how forensic recovery of drone data provides powerful evidence for criminal and civil cases.

Lance Sloves
Feb 163 min read
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