Software Valuation -
November 2002
Stephen Harris, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke - (323)
245-9400
Objective:
An online retailer hired an e-commerce software company to modify their
web site and to create a new version with enhanced features. The
software company subsequently failed and is suing over unpaid
development costs. We have been asked to examine the evidence in the
case and to supply a fair market value for the work produced. Analysis
demonstrated that supplier billed for work not performed and
overcharged for the work they did perform. Client settled before trial
for a fraction of what was claimed.
Disposition:
Settled.
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Breach
of Contract - October 2002
Karol Ingber, Selman Breitman LLP - (310) 445-0800
Objective:
A local garment manufacturer is accused of improperly using images in
their catalogs and marketing that were prohibited in the terms of a
settlement from a previous suit. We have been asked to examine the
evidence to help determine whether the defendant is responsible for the
images in question.
Disposition:
Settled.
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Employee
Investigation - October 2002
Corey Hayden, Attorney at Law - (213) 533-8515
Objective:
We have been asked to make a forensic copy of an employee's computer
and examine the contents as part of an investigation into this
individual's professional behavior.
Disposition:
Settled. |
Missing Marketing
Data? - September 2002
John OÕMalley, Jaideep Venkatesan, Fulbright
& Jaworski - (213) 892-9200
Objective:
A local high-tech firm recently lost two of its sales managers and
suspect that they may be setting up a competing firm. Owners note that
sales databases and other supporting material may have been deleted
from company computers before the sales managers left. We have been
asked to examine the contents of the computers, to document what is
there, and to recover any marketing databases that are recoverable.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Database/Software
Comparison - September 2002
Confidential
Objective:
Software company suspects competing product is derivative of their
code. We have been asked to examine and document the structure and
contents of both packages.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Employee
Investigation - August 2002
Mike Wolfram, Wolfram Workpace Law - (323) 850-6590
Objective:
Employer suspected that one of his employees was spending company time
on personal business and downloading pornography from the Internet. We
acquired the drive from this employee's computer, analyzed the
contents, and produced a report for the employer.
Disposition:
Analysis completed and report delivered September 2002.
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Computer
Hacking Litigation - June 2002
Doug Foster, Steinberg Foster & Foley LLP - (310)
546-8160
Objective:
We have been asked to acquire forensic copies of a company's computers
in order to determine their involvement, or lack thereof, in a web site
hacking incident.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Support
for Civil Litigation - May 2002
Philip Brown, Egerman & Brown, LLP - (310) 248-5299
Objective:
Attorney has asked us to obtain forensic copies of several computers in
order to determine whether any evidence of a specific set of documents
exists.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Support
for Wrongful Termination Suit Defense - April 2002
Mia Farber, Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman -
(213) 689-0404
Objective:
Non-profit business is defending against a wrongful termination suit
from an employee terminated more than two years prior. We have been
asked to examine computers and software systems that this employee had
access to in order to produce evidence for dismissal.
Disposition:
Settled.
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Forensic
Examination of Computer Data - March 2002
Philip Smith, Smith, Ellison & Harraka - (949) 442-1500
Objective:
Confidential.
Disposition:
Settled.
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Software
Counterfeiting - March 2002
Richard M. Steingard, Attorney At Law - (213) 622-3101
Objective:
We have been hired to establish the fair market value of counterfeit
software imported by the defendants.
Disposition:
Concluded. |
Assistance with
Software Intellectual Property Infringement Case - March 2002
Jeffrey Leader, Beach, Procter, McCarthy & Slaughter -
(805) 658-7800
Objective:
Software authors claim employer does not own copyright to their work
and is accusing employer of hiring other programmers to create new
software based upon their design. Involves code/function analysis,
possible forensic investigation.
Disposition:
Settled. |
