In US Forensic Expert: UK Defendant Convicted with NSA Email Sweep (Part 2), internet security expert witness writes: Nonetheless, 83 pages of email drafts covering about 29 weeks were produced as evidence. SOCA (Serious Organized Crime Agency) Senior Investigating Officer, Paul Ashton, told the jury in the drug conspiracy trial…
Neuropsychology expert witness Dr. Sue Ellen Antell, PH.D., ABPN, ABPP, FACPN, testified in the cases against School Board of Highlands County, FL, employees. The five lawsuits claim a “gross failure to act” by school board employees in connection with the sexual abuse of five female students in the after school…
Cruise ships expert witness Dr. Ross A. Klein, MSW, PhD, will testify before the U.S. Senate committee hearing Cruise Industry Oversight: Recent Incidents Show Need for Stronger Focus on Consumer Protection. The Memorial University of Newfoundland professor serves as an expert witness in lawsuits against the cruise industry which may…
Aviation maintenance expert witnesses may write reports and opine on aerospace engineering, flight safety, ground and aircraft operations, and more. After British investigators traced a fire to a transmitter in a Boeing 787 aircraft, the FAA is asking airlines to inspect emergency transmitters in all Boeing 787s. FAA Statement After…
Patents expert witnesses may consult on issues involving patent protection, patent prosecution, and patent infringement. In Everything you need to know about how Congress is debating patent reform, pandodaily.com writes: Introduced by Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) in February, the “Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes”…
Pornography expert witnesses may provide reports concerning child pornography, cyberpornography, internet pornography, and related matters. In Defending Against Online Child Pornography Chargesattorney Robin Shellow, President of The Shellow Group, writes: The proliferation of adult websites has made anyone who has ever visited one susceptible to a charge of possession of…
In US Forensic Expert: UK Defendant Convicted with NSA Email Sweep, internet security expert witness writes: The American spy agency, NSA, secretly surveilled a Yahoo! mail account belonging to co-defendants of UK prisoner, Russell Knaggs, in connection with an alleged complex drug conspiracy. The users of the account were employing…
In Composing the Expert’s Report: Factors for Compliance with Federal Rule 26(a)(2)(B), forensic handwriting expert witness Jacqueline A. Joseph, B.A., CDE, D-BFDE, writes: Introduction Rule 26 provides guidelines to the discovery process and flow of information between the expert and the client-attorney. In civil lawsuits, the United States district courts’…
Technology expert witnesses may provide reports and testify concerning computers, virtual technology, and communication technology. In Google, others call on NSA for more transparency AllThingsD.com writes: Sixty-three tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter, have come together to call on the US government to bring more transparency to…
Computer security expert witnesses may consult regarding network security, computer crime, data security, and computer forensics. In the news, guardianlv.com describes how computer hackers search out and sell flaws in software coding to government agencies and private companies around the world. nytimes.com this week reported on Italian hackers who sell…