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Overview
Practical, Step-by-Step Instruction and Real-World Tips
Do you know where to look on social media, smartphones, and other devices to find all case-supporting or damaging evidence? Do you know how to collect relevant data and how to assure that data can be admitted as evidence? In this online seminar, faculty will show you how to gather evidence from electronic devices and get it authenticated when hiring an expert is not feasible. Don't miss this opportunity for practical how-to's - register today!
- Find out how to detect if electronic evidence has been altered or destroyed.
- Receive practical tips on collecting evidence from Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, and other social networking sites.
- Learn how to obtain evidence from PCs, tablets, flash drives, external hard drives, and cloud storage.
- Discover how to authenticate social media posts, text messages, emails, and more.
- See how to properly collect evidence on smartphones, wearable tech, GPS, and other devices.
- Explore where to find metadata, what it shows you, and how to properly scrub, preserve, or produce it.
- Use subpoenas to get records from social media companies and cell phone carriers.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Rules and Resources You Need to Know
- Collecting Social Media Account Content
- Obtaining Computer, Email, and Internet Evidence
- Retrieving Evidence From Smartphones
- Cameras, Wearable Tech, GPS Devices, and More: Real-World Tips
- Metadata: Using, Scrubbing, Producing
- Subpoenaing Social Media, Phone Records, and More (w/Samples)
- Legal Ethics of Social Media and ESI
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut CLE |
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6 Total | 12-11-2026 |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-11-2027 |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-11-2026 |
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CLE
Agenda
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Rules and Resources You Need to Know
- Types of Data, Storage, Production Specifications, and Formats
- Privacy, Privilege Laws, and Case Law
- Applying the Discovery Rules to ESI
- Data Collection Software
- Predictive Coding/Technology Assisted Review
- When and How to Use Computer Forensics Specialists
- Preserving and Protecting Electronic Evidence
- Tips for Detecting Alteration or Destruction of ESI
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Collecting Social Media Account Content
- Social Media Sites You Must Know
- What to Look for and Where to Find it
- Social Media Discovery
- Downloading Social Media Content
- Archive Features
- What to Do if an Account's Been Deactivated or Deleted
- Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, and More: Handy How-to's and Screenshots
- Authenticating Social Media Postings
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Obtaining Computer, Email, and Internet Evidence
- Obtaining Evidence From PCs and Tablets, Flash Drives and External Hard Drives, Cloud Storage
- Gathering, Reviewing, and Producing Emails
- Cookies and Web History
- Go-to Website Resources
- Collecting Internet Evidence
- Obtaining and Using Deleted Internet Evidence
- Citing Online Content Properly
- Handy How-to's and Screenshots
- Authenticating Emails, Internet Evidence, and More
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Retrieving Evidence From Smartphones
- What to Look for, Where to Find it
- Texts, Instant Messages, and Voice Messages
- Collecting Evidence on Apps
- Collecting Audio and Video
- Geo Tagging
- Finding Evidence of a Secret or Hidden Phone
- Using Apps to Collect Evidence
- Retrieving Deleted Data and Messages
- Authenticating Text Messages and Other Smartphone Content
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Cameras, Wearable Tech, GPS Devices, and More: Real-World Tips
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Metadata: Using, Scrubbing, Producing
- What Metadata Can Reveal
- Avoiding Disclosure of Work Product or Privileged Information
- Scrubbing Metadata to Remove it From Documents
- Preserving and Producing File Metadata
- Using Metadata to Authenticate Documents
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Subpoenaing Social Media, Phone Records, and More (w/Samples)
- When to Request, What to Request, and What You'll Receive
- In-State vs. Out-of-State Subpoenas
- Issuing Subpoenas to Websites or Parent Companies
- Using Subpoenas for Social Media Records
- Subpoenaing Phone Records
- Using Subpoenas to Gather Other Records
- Managing Nonproduction and Cost Issues
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Legal Ethics of Social Media and ESI
- Social Media Ethics
- Attorney E-Discovery Competency
- Data Confidentiality
- Spoliation: Ethical Issues
- Inadvertent Disclosure of Documents: Sender vs. Receiver
Who Should Attend
This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar is designed for attorneys. Paralegals will also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Raymond R. Grasing
is an attorney with The Law Firm of Grasing & Associates. He has more than 25 years of trial experience in New York. Mr. Grasing knows how to try a case in a straight forward convincing manor, and how to pare down the facts and issues to their essential parts to help a jury reach the correct decision. His understanding of the law, gained through his trial experience, provides his clients with a distinct competitive advantage, whether or not their case gets to trial. Mr. Grasing practices in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury, construction disputes, insurance coverage disputes, insurance coverage, collections, subrogation, arson, and fraud cases. He earned his B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stonybrook and his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Speaker bio
Gerard Quinn
is a senior attorney and advisor at Arnold & Porter. He is a member of the antitrust/competition and litigation practice groups. Mr. Quinn's work is primarily focused on the discovery phases of complex civil litigation matters, regulatory enforcement actions, and government investigations. He has extensive experience in managing teams of attorneys, legal assistants, litigation technology project managers, and other e-discovery professionals through each stage of the discovery process from preservation to production. Mr. Quinn's e-discovery, antitrust, and general litigation work has spanned numerous industries, including agriculture, biotechnology, consumer products, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005, where he was involved in the Criminal Justice Clinic, providing legal representation to indigent defendants in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Quinn completed his undergraduate studies at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York in 2002. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, he worked for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.
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