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Digital Forensic Exam


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


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


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


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


When Forensic Testing Matters: How Untested Assumptions Led to a Reversed Custody Order
When Forensic Testing Matters

Lance Sloves
Feb 175 min read


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


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


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


The Attorney's Guide to Preserving Digital Evidence Before It's Too Late
Digital evidence can disappear in days. Learn the critical steps attorneys must take to preserve phones, computers, cloud data, and surveillance footage before it's too late.

Lance Sloves
Feb 164 min read
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