Employee Walkout -
December 2003
Mark Schiffman, Attorney at Law - (949) 622-4365
Objective:
The branch manager was terminated for planning to leave the firm and
manipulating business to improperly enrich the firm she later joined.
Upon termination, most of the employees staffing that branch walked out
and also joined the new firm. We have been asked to acquire and examine
the computer evidence to determine what communication had transpired
between the parties and to determine whether any instructions were
issues to copy or destroy company property.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Misappropriation
of Confidential Information - December 2003
Doug Foster, Steinberg Foster & Foley LLP - (310)
546-8160
Objective:
Several employees left a firm to start another. Original firm claims
confidential information was taken. We have been asked to acquire and
examine the computer evidence from the new firm.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Software
Counterfeiting - December 2003
Mark Waecker, Attorney at Law - (323) 655-8008
Objective:
Federal criminal case. Software retailer was arrested and charged with
selling counterfeit software. Retailer insists this software was
purchased from a legitimate CD duplicator licensed to distribute the
software involved. We have been asked to examine the evidence seized.
Disposition:
Concluded. |
Damages Resulting
From Web Hosting Termination - October 2003
Karen Crawford, Buchanan Ingersoll - (619) 578-5052
Objective:
Web site retailer transitioned from outsourced hosting to in-house
hosting. During transfer of web assets to new servers, outsourced host
detected what they thought was an intrusion. Web site retailer claims
damages resulting from being denied access during this period. We have
been hired to examine the material involved in the case.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Improper
Payment of Commissions - September 2003
Craig Woo, Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman -
(213) 689-0404
Objective:
Online merchant claimed improper payment of commissions. We were asked
to acquire computer evidence and search for correspondence relating to
payment of commissions.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Wiretapping, Trespassing, Theft
of Confidential Information -
August 2003
Patrick Toole, Sagaser, Franson & Jones - (559)
233-4800
Objective:
Several employess left a firm to form another. After original firm
began losing bids to the new firm, they investigated their email
records and found that someone had been accessing private company
mailboxes from a location outside their LAN/WAN. We were hired to
ascertain what had transpired, what information had been compromised,
and what was done with the information obtained.
Disposition:
Settled. |
Improper
Hiring Practices - July 2003
Francis Torrence, Seyfarth Shaw - (415) 397-1026
Objective:
Two employess from a firm were recruited by a competing firm. We were
asked to investigate computer evidence to determine whether any
improper hiring practices were involved.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Embezzlement - June 2003
Silvio Nardoni, Attorney at Law - (818) 550-1800
Objective:
Former CFO of an organization has been accused of misappropriating
funds in collusion with the CEO. We have been asked to examine the
remaining computer evidence involved in the case to determine whether
there are any traces of improper activities.
Disposition:
Settled.
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Microsoft Word Document Analysis
- June 2003
Scott J. Ferrell, Call, Jensen & Ferrell - (949)
717-3000
Objective:
One document produced for the court on a CDROM prepared by the owner
contained data pivotal to the case. We were hired to examine the CDROM
produced, examine the document in question especially the metadata
present, and provide expert testimony.
Testimony:
Deposition, July 2, 2003, Costa Mesa, CA.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Employment Firm Dispute - May 2003
Cecil Ricks, Ricks & Anderson - (714) 966-9192
Objective:
Partner in an employment firm left to start competing business.
Original firm believes partner took their contact database. We have
been retained to acquire forensic copies of the computers available and
to determine whether there is any evidence to substantiate claims.
Disposition:
Settled.
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Dispatching Software Liability -
April 2003
George Hernandez, Ericksen, Arbuthnot, et al Inc. - (213)
489-4411
Objective:
Purchaser of dispatching system utilizing two-way paging system cancels
contract after more than a year stating that the system does not work.
Insurance company for the defendant has asked us to look into the case,
examine the systems involved in order to determine the validity of the
claims.
Testimony: Depsotion, January 11, 2005,
Los Angeles, CA.Disposition:
Settled. |
HMO
Management Project - March 2003
Tom Lopez, Esaunu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP - (212)
716-3257
Objective:
Analyzed extensive project records in a failed outsourcing contract to
perform medical claims processing for client HMO. Project records show
that experience and skills claimed by supplier during marketing phase
were not sufficient to avoid unacceptable claims backlogs and excessive
payment error rates.
Disposition:
Concluded. |
Forensic
Analysis - January 2003
Mark Schiffman, Attorney at Law - (949) 622-4365
Objective:
Several executives left their employer to join another firm. We have
been asked to acquire forensic copies of several computers in order to
determine whether the former employees engaged in any misconduct prior
to their departure.
Disposition:
Concluded.
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Web Application Hosting - January
2003
Adam Rabin, Ackerman, Link & Sartory, P.A. - (561)
838-4100
Objective:
A web application host signed an agreement to provide services for a
company which terminated the agreement without the provided
notification to cure, and without paying for several months of service.
We have been asked to review the services provided to determine whether
they met industry standards.
Disposition:
Settled.
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