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May 1, 2007  Sean Mulholland and Robert Jones presented a program on computer forensics for Coffman, Coleman, Andrews & Grogan's World Wide Web of Labor and Employment Law seminar.

January 29-31, 2007  Sean Mulholland and Robert Jones attended the LegalTech conference and trade show in New York, NY.

• Worker’s Compensation  An office worker was injured when a bookshelf became detached from the wall and fell on top of her.  Documentable injuries occurred and some compensation was paid.  However, one insurance carrier believed some claims may have been exaggerated. The employee claimed that her injuries prevented her from completing simple tasks and that, prior to the injury, she had been working on a novel that could no longer be completed.  M.I.S.C was retained to examine the employee's computer for evidence of its use after the accident, including its possible use in writing the novel.  While the computer had been used by the employee and family members at the employee's home prior to the accident, there was no clear evidence that anyone other than family members used the computer after the accident.  There was also no evidence of any novel or manuscript on the computer.  The examiner did find photos of the claimant taken after the accident that showed her injuries were not as severe as claimed.  One photo showed her standing on the dock behind her house fishing with her grandchildren.  Follow-up by our research specialist showed her fishing license had been renewed after the accident.

• Brain Injury  A teenager was injured in an auto accident.  Multiple injuries were documented including brain injury.  The defense, questioning whether the claimant’s disability was as severe as claimed, hired M.I.S.C to conduct a forensic examination of the claimant’s home computer to try to determine the level of cognitive functioning, if possible, by reviewing the claimant’s activities on the computer.  The examination showed the teenager conducted numerous online chats with friends and strangers in multiple chat rooms.  Some conversations were conducted simultaneously.  Some discussions covered topics before and after the accident.  There were also indications the claimant used the computer to play games and study at home.

• Intellectual Property   An employee of a staffing firm left to start his own business.  The company’s managers logged on to the former employee’s desktop to try to find evidence that he had taken proprietary information, such as client lists.  The managers and internal IT staff were unsuccessful, as was an outside computer repair technician hired by the company.  Six months later, M.I.S.C was retained to perform a forensic examination of the employee’s workstation.  The examination showed that the day before the employee resigned he had installed “Evidence Eliminator”, run it, then re-installed the company’s business software.  Though much of the drive had been wiped, traces of his activity remained and we were able to show he had attempted to cover his tracks with the use of “Evidence Eliminator”.