Facebook used to find defendants in Australian court case. Ottawa Citizen. Dec. 18, 2008.

Good post on Facebook ... now being used as part of legal investigations! David

Darlington, Shasta. Cuba alleges U.S. envoy carried funds to dissidents. CNN. 2008-05-19.

E-mail as evidence ... "the officials presented a series of alleged e-mails they said were between the diplomat, Michael Parmly, and groups based in Miami, Florida, opposed to the communist government. " David

Police intend to charge O'Brien. Ottawa Citizen. Dec. 8, 2007.

Another example of e-mail being used as evidence ... this one focused on the Mayor of Ottawa ... Police intend to charge O'Brien. David

White House ordered to preserve all e-mail - CNN.com

White House ordered to preserve all e-mail - CNN.com Upping the ante ... D.

Minzesheimer, Bob. Check your e-mail - before you hit send. Indystar.com. Apr. 12, 2007.

New book out called "Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home". Author summarizes the book's best advice in the article ... "Think before you send". There. I've saved you having to read the book. (But go buy it anyways ... ) http://indystar.gns.gannett.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070412/TECH01/703080395/1001/TECH David

White House lost Over FIVE MILLION e-mails in two year period | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. CREW. Apr. 12, 2007.

Story continues to unfold ... 5 million e-mails missing at the White House ... what fun. http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/27603 David

Franken, Bob. White House unofficial e-mail accounts draw scrutiny. CNN.com. Apr. 10, 2007

White House unofficial e-mail accounts draw scrutiny - CNN.com Good example of e-mail & compliance (sic) issues ... this time at the White House. David

Calabresi, Massimo. Question Time in the Attorney Firings. TIME. March 28, 2007.

Question Time in the Attorney Firings TIME Now that's e-mail in the news ... how'd you like the Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee to be holding your e-mail up in a press conference? David

Yost, Pete & Lara Jordon. E-mails Detail U.S. Attorney Firings. TIME. March 20, 2007.

Been awhile since I blogged ... recent news story ... another example of e-mail in the news ... E-mails Detail U.S. Attorney Firings TIME: "eight U.S. attorneys might not stand up to scrutiny. " David

CNN. Hit man to Pittsburgh professionals: Pay up or die. Jan 9, 2007.

Hit man to Pittsburgh professionals: Pay up or die - CNN.com What will they think of next. David

ABC News: Nigerian 'Black Money' Scam Continues After 20/20 Expose. Dec. 11, 2006

Amusing read ... e-mail evidece from Nigerian scammer ... ABC News: Nigerian 'Black Money' Scam Continues After 20/20 Expose

Bash, Dana. Aide: Congressman learned of Foley e-mail in 2000. CNN. Oct 9, 2006

CNN.com - Aide: Congressman learned of Foley e-mail in 2000 - Oct 9, 2006 E-mail in the headlines again ...

Charny, Ben. E-mail tracking firm says it didn't know of H-P link. MarketWatch Oct. 3, 2006.

E-mail tracking firm says it didn't know of H-P link - MarketWatch Interesting anecdote to HP story that's been in the news ... they used ReadNotify (software that tracks whether a message has been read, even when sent across the Internet) in an attempt to spy on a reporter ... the rest is history. David

Some Doctors Work by E-mail; Pay, Privacy Issues Stop Others. The Pueblo Chieftain. Oct. 3, 2006.

The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Pueblo, Colorado U.S.A Discussion of new study concerning physician-patient e-mail correspondence ... by the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington. Less than 25% of US physicians use e-mail for patient communications (no surprise). Also cites a poll by HarrisInteractive Health Care in which 80% of online Americans would like to communicate with their physicians via e-mail. David

Holland, C.C. E-Mail Analytics Eases Burden of Discovery. Law.com. Oct. 3, 2006.

Legal Technology - E-Mail Analytics Eases Burden of Discovery: "E-Mail Analytics Eases Burden of Discovery" According to MIT's Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development, 50 percent of the evidence in court cases is e-mail, and U.S. companies spend $4.6 billion a year to analyze it. David

Bulgaria's Observer Ready to Step Back on Slighting E-mail. Sofia News Agency. Oct. 3, 2006.

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Observer Ready to Step Back on Slighting E-mail E-mail popping up as evidence in Bulgaria ... David

Balz, Dan & Jim Vandehei. Anger grows over e-mail scandal. HeraldNet. Oct. 3, 2006.

HeraldNet: Anger grows over e-mail scandal Once again, e-mails and instant messages thought to be private are being brought forward as evidence .. this time concerning former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla and former House pages in the US. D.

[Vendor Press Release]. LexisNexis(R) and NetDocuments(R) Announce Email Management Services; Now Provide Total Package in Document Services. LexisNex

Archival space continues to expand ... specialty e-mail archival for law firms. http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060821005623&newsLang=en David

Silverthorn, Ann. Mimosa adds e-discovery. InfoStor. Aug. 16, 2006.

As expected, we're seeing an increase in vendors proclaiming support for 'e-discovery'. Archive and legal technology vendors tend to be first ... and most archive vendors tend to describe 'e-discovery' as finding and triaging evidence in the archive. While this is part of the solution, this isn't anywhere near all there is to e-discovery. It's a start.

D.

http://www.infostor.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&SubSection=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=23&ARTICLE_ID=266347

Grimes, Seth. Breakthrough Analysis: Will Search Deliver Better BI? IntelligentEnterprise. July 1, 2006.

Good article on BI v. Search ...

http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500044

David