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Recent Federal Computer Forensic Decisions

• United States v. Lucas, CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 08-26-C (W.D. Kentucky, November 6, 2008)
• Professional Veterinary Products, Ltd. v. Thornberry, 8:08CV485, (D. Nebraska, November 4, 2008)
• United States v. Richardson, CRIMINAL NO. 3:2006-31 (W.D. Pennsylvania, October 31, 2008)
• Koosharem Corporation v. Spec Personnel, LLC, Civil Action No. 6:08-583-HFF-WMC (D. South Carolina, October 31, 2008)
• Race Tires America, Inc. v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp., 02:07cv1294, (W.D. Pennsylvania, October 29, 2008)
• D'Onofrio v. SFX Sports Group, Inc., Civil Action No. 06-687 (JDB/JMF) (D. D.C., October 29, 2008)
• United States v. Seljan, No. 05-50236 (9th Cir., October 23, 20008)
• Bianco v. GMAC Mortgage Corporation, CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-4650 (E.D. Pennsylvania, October 22, 2008)
• United States v. Crist, Criminal Action No. 1:07-cr-211 (M.D. Pennsylvania, October 22, 2008)
• United States v. Hough, No. 07-3283 (2d Cir., October 21, 2008)

Recent State Computer Forensic Decisions

• Barnett v. Simmons, No. 103708 (Oklahoma, November 10, 2008)
• State v. Green, No. A07-1334 (Minnesota Ct. App., November 4, 2008)
• In re Cantrell v. Cameron, 08SA162, (Colorado, November 3, 2008)
• Ex Parte Deardorff, No. 1040163 (Alabama, October 31, 2008)
• State v. Clark No. 2008-019 New Hampshire October 30, 2008
• People v. Cook, No. 06CA0478 (Colorado Ct. App., October 16, 2008)
• State v. Sadler, No. 35021-1-II (Washington Ct. App., October 14, 2008)
• Wilson v. Frye, No. 36088-8-II (Washington Ct. App., October 14, 2008)
• Roberts v. State, No. 04-07-00616-CR (Texas Ct. App. [4th], October 8, 2008)
• State v. Adams, No. 07-CA-0086 (Ohio Ct. App., Ninth Div., September 29, 2008)

Recent Computer Forensic Headlines

• Woman Turns to Online Apple Community to Confirm Philandering Husband, Anonymous Staff, The Internet Patrol, November 21, 2008
• How do new private browsing capabilities affect forensics?, Tom Olzak, TechRepublic, November 12, 2008
• Forensic tool detects pornography in the workplace, Marc Weber Tobias, CNET News, November 8, 2008
• Text Messaging, Facebook Can Get You in Legal Trouble, Kim S. Nash, CIO (US), November 6, 2008
• Police enlist AI to help tackle crime , Nick Heath, ZDNet.co.uk, November 6, 2008
• Porn breath tests for PCs heralds 'stop and scan', John Leyden, The Register, November 5, 2008
• [Press Release] SANS Announces New Resources for Computer Forensics and e-Discovery Professionals, Anonymous Staff, SANS Institute, November 4, 2008
• [Press Release] Republican National Committee Prepares for Computerized Voting Fraud Legal Battle , Anonymous Staff, Forensicon, Inc., November 4, 2008
• Tool to help fight child porn, Jennifer Foreshew, Australian IT, November 4, 2008
• Teacher-student affair caught on tape? , Meir Turgeman, Ynetnews, November 3, 2008
• Rey Anzaldúa, South Texas College instructor, writes best-selling Computer Forensics for Dummies, Helen Escobar, The Edinburg Star (Texas), November 1, 2008
• Grant buys police 'video detective', Bob Gross, The Times Herald (Port Huron), October 28, 2008
• FBI Arrests 600 People, Rescues 47 Children In Massive US Child Prostitution Rings, Natasha T. Metzler, Associated Press, October 27, 2008
• Mobiles turn into evidence vaults, Anonymous Staff, Associated Press, October 26, 2008
• Barrie boy's search turns to gaming clan, Nathan Tabor, Toronto Star, October 26, 2008

Computer Forensic and E-Discovery Conferences, Seminars, and Lectures

• Paraben's Forensic Innovations Conference, November 9-12, 2008, Park City, Utah
• Fifth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, January 25-28, 2009, National Center for Forensic Science, Orlando, Florida
• U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference 2009, January 26-30, 2009, Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri