For decades, proving phone use in commercial trucking accidents meant working with incomplete information. Attorneys would examine basic phone bills and argue over whether a text message received thirty seconds before impact meant the driver was actually using their device. Defense lawyers could only speculate: "Maybe he didn’t
The Karen Read trial, with its swirling allegations of murder, conspiracy and law enforcement cover-up became a national spectacle not just for its courtroom drama, but for the pivotal role that digital evidence played in shaping the narrative. As a digital forensics expert myself, I found the case to be
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled the results of its largest-ever coordinated health care fraud takedown, charging 324 defendants across the country in connection with more than $14.6 billion in alleged fraudulent claims. This announcement marks a watershed moment in federal law enforcement’s efforts to
The Department of Justice , or DOJ, has requested more time to decide whether to appeal a landmark federal court ruling that found "tower dumps"—a widely used law enforcement surveillance method—unconstitutional. This delay highlights the growing conflict between police surveillance tactics and the courts’ increasing scrutiny of
A groundbreaking empirical analysis of Utah’s electronic warrant system shows judges approving search warrants at alarming speeds—half of all decisions happen in just over three minutes, and one in ten take less than a minute. This largest-ever quantitative study of warrants raises urgent questions: Is digital efficiency in
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced on Monday it will acquire bankrupt genomics firm 23andMe for $256 million through a bankruptcy auction, promising to maintain ethical standards in handling sensitive customer DNA information. According to Reuters, the New York-based pharmaceutical giant aims to leverage 23andMe’s extensive database of over 15 million customer
Digital evidence plays a pivotal role in everything from corporate investigations and criminal trials to trucking accidents and insurance fraud. Finding a qualified digital forensics expert has never been more important. As I covered in my last article, digital forensics differs from many professional fields in that it lacks a
Digital forensics stands alone among major forensic disciplines as a field where practitioners operate without mandatory licensing or certification. While engineers who investigate structural failures must hold Professional Engineering licenses and fire investigators typically need certifications like the CFEI, digital forensics experts testify in courts worldwide with a patchwork of
In what might be the most unusual courtroom scene of 2025 so far, a New York appeals court recently encountered something unprecedented when a litigant attempted to have an artificial intelligence avatar present oral arguments on his behalf, raising serious questions about the boundaries of AI in judicial proceedings, the
When Sam Altman and his team at OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world in late 2022, they probably didn't anticipate that some users would start considering the AI chatbot a close friend. Yet that's exactly what's happening, according to new research conducted jointly by
The integration of artificial intelligence in the legal profession has been met with skepticism, largely due to AI’s tendency to "hallucinate" or fabricate facts and sources. However, a new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan law schools has turned this narrative
Our smartphones hold the keys to our digital lives. Preserving evidence from these devices has become critical for investigations of all kinds. But as digital forensics expert Jessica Hyde recently explained in Forensic Magazine, the window for capturing this evidence is closing faster than most people realize. Not long ago,