WiebeTech, Digital Reconnaissance and Voom Partner on Recon Series Forensic Kits
October 28, 2009
WiebeTech, a brand of CRU-DataPort™, has partnered with Voom Technologies™ and Digital Reconnaissance, Inc.™, a premier solutions provider for the digital forensics and legal discovery industries, to introduce the Recon Series™ computer forensics field kits at the Techno Forensics and Digital Investigations conference today in Gaithersburg, MD. David Biessener, CEO of Voom Technologies, stated, "Digital Reconnaissance has integrated, in a truly unparalleled way, computer forensic investigative technology that will redefine the market..."
SAFE Corporation Offers CodeSuite Certification Online
October 28, 2009
Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation (www.SAFE-corp.biz) is now offering CodeSuite Certification online for software experts. Successful completion of the course adds the trainee to SAFE's certified expert's webpage http://www.safe-corp.biz/services_witnesses.htm, and they will receive a $500 credit toward the purchase of CodeSuite licenses...
Jon & Kate Plus Lawyer Irate
October 27, 2009
I cannot claim to be a close follower of the legal wrangling between Jon and Kate Gosselin, the ill-fated stars of the reality TV show that was to follow their lives together raising eight children. The plot changed when Jon reportedly took up with another woman and the couple separated. They are now engaged in divorce proceedings in Philadelphia that have focused of late on sorting out each spouse’s finances and their joint assets. An arbitrator is slated to conduct a hearing in November that will decide the financial outcome of the case. On Monday, a court hearing was held in Philadelphia at which the parties were scheduled to provide financial accountings. Jon Gosselin was there with his attorney Mark Jay Heller, a New York City lawyer known for having defended “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz. But Kate was a no-show, choosing instead to attend a book signing in Long Beach, Calif., according to a report by Philadelphia’s Fox News affiliate. Kate Gosselin’s failure to appear in court led lawyer Heller to embark on what Fox described as a “tirade” on the courthouse steps, calling Kate “the old lady who lived in the shoe” and claiming she was…
From Arts to Law: Two Lawyers’ Career Paths
October 27, 2009
Two unrelated but parallel stories caught my eye this week. Both portray lawyers who chose careers in the legal profession over promising futures in the arts. One is Sergiu Gherman. A talented piano virtuoso from the Eastern European country of Moldova, Gherman’s life took a dramatic about face when, in the middle of pursuing his doctoral degree in classical piano, he decided to go into law and enrolled at the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. “Are you crazy or something?” one of his closest friends protested at the time. Gherman’s journey from Moldovan musician to Florida lawyer is recounted in a story this week in the Lakeland, Fla., newspaper The Ledger. He started playing piano at age 7 and went on to study on full scholarship at the prestigious Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Romania, where he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees. A former piano teacher helped bring him to the United States, where he enrolled in a doctoral program at Temple University in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, he was impressed by a lawyer who helped him with an immigration issue. It was then that he decided he wanted to become a lawyer. “I wanted to have…
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October 27, 2009
Swine Flu Claims Lawyer’s Life
October 27, 2009
Sidney H. Davis Jr., a Dallas attorney who was appointed last month to lead an investigation into the conduct of Dallas County constables, died Monday from complications of the H1N1 virus, the Dallas Morning News reports. The 54-year-old partner with the firm Touchstone Bernays fell ill and slipped into a coma last week. He died from pneumonia brought on by the virus, according to news reports. With the number of H1N1 cases continuing to escalate and President Obama declaring the flu a national emergency, Davis appears to be the first U.S. lawyer to die from the flu this season, based on what I could find online. In July, a well-known Australian lawyer, Ian Morris of Darwin, a past-president of the Northern Territory Law Society, died after contracting swine flu. Davis focused his practice on representing insurance companies. He was a 1979 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law at Austin, where he was an editor of the Texas Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Texas Tech University in 1976. Last month, the Dallas County Commissioners Court hired Davis to advise it about an investigation of two constables. The constables had been accused of forcing…
Prominent Wis. Justice Official Commits Suicide
October 27, 2009
It was just a week ago that I blogged here about the suicide of Kilpatrick Stockton lawyer Mark Levy, movingly recounted by writer Richard B. Schmitt in the cover piece for this month’s ABA Journal magazine, A Death in the Office. Now, a prominent law enforcement official in Wisconsin and husband of an assistant attorney general has taken his own life. Craig Klyve, 52, director of the Investigative Services Bureau in the Wisconsin Department of Justice, was found dead in his car Friday night in the parking garage under the Justice Department’s offices. He shot himself with his own service weapon, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. His wife, Rebecca R. Weise, an assistant state attorney general in the Department of Justice, found his body. Klyve’s stepmother told reporters that he had been feeling overwhelmed at work and that mandatory furlough days made his job even harder. Klyve oversaw his agency’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit and the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children. His office also managed all case records and provided technical support for investigations. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Klyve began his law enforcement career with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. In 1985,…
Linux for computer forensic investigators: «pitfalls» of mounting file systems
October 27, 2009
A paper from Suhanov Maxim of ITDefence.Ru titled "Linux for computer forensic investigators: «pitfalls» of mounting file systems" is now available here.
BlackBag Technologies Announces SoftBlock Write-Blocking Solution for Mac
October 27, 2009
BlackBag Technologies, Inc. today announced the release and general availability of SoftBlock, the Company's much anticipated write-blocking software application that Mac forensic examiners can easily use to mount and manage devices containing suspect data in a forensically sound manner...
Computer investigator helping Craigslist scam victim fight back
October 26, 2009
DENVER – Amberay Synder put her own safety at risk when she decided to hunt down the scammer who tried to rip her off. It all started when she tried to sell her futon on Craigslist and was contacted by a man who calls himself, “Harvey Goldfarb.”
Harvey sent her a check for $2200 that turned out to be fake.
‘I was very angry,” Amberay said. But instead of getting mad, Amberay tried to get even.
She pretended to befriend the criminal, even agreed to work with him, all while she was gathering information to get him caught.
Her case is being investigated by the Secret Service, an agency inundated with online scams.
But after seeing our story, Colorado computer investigator Charles Tendell offered to help.
“I’m going to find this guy.” Tendell says.
Using Amberay’s information and his own expertise, Tendell has traced “Harvey’s” email to a home in Boca Raton Florida. The computer IP address, however, is connected to an address in Africa. So Tendell put a trace on an email he sent to “Harvey,” and as soon he opens it, “we’ll have our man,” he says.
Tendell says as soon as he tracks Harvey down he’ll let us know.
Tendell says if you are scammed by someone online, it’s important to save their email address and the header information.
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