As more mobile devices like Blackberry's Playbook tablet come to have user-facing cameras, we need apps that allow business users to sign/authenticate evidence and contracts with video signatures secured by electronic mail. https://groups.google.com/
http://legal-beagle.typepad.
"Dual HD video cameras"
- BlackBerry - PlayBook Tablet PC - BlackBerry PlayBook Specs Pricing and More at BlackBerry.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
GIAC certification associated with this course (GLEG) confirms that a professional possesses special skills for conducting competent investigations. http://legal-beagle.typepad.
"InfoSec professionals and cyber investigators operate in a world of ambiguity, rapid change and legal uncertainty"
- SANS: The Law of IT Compliance: How to Conduct Investigations (view on Google Sidewiki)
An affidavit can serve many kinds of investigations, not just criminal ones. In essence, an affidavit is a formal, written recording of a witness's testimony. http://blogs.sans.org/
"affidavit to give your detective an idea of sample language that ensures the forensic examiner can look about anything he thinks is relevant"
- Search_And_Seizure_Forms (view on Google Sidewiki)
Telemedicine raises novel legal and regulatory issues. Practitioners will be wise to talk openly about these issues by way of full disclosure on the web. A virtue of telemedicine is its ability to collect detailed records about the execution of any particular procedure. The records promote regulatory compliance and responsible third-party review. Detailed analysis: http://legal-beagle.typepad.
"technology changes the delivery of healthcare"
- UPDATE: Telemedicine allows women to take abortion pill without doctor in the room | KETK (view on Google Sidewiki)
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When Plainscapital sued Hillary Machinery, the bank's evident objective was to clear its name. I can't see how that objective was met. http://legal-beagle.typepad.
In a lawsuit, divorce or child custody proceeding, messages on social networks like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or Foursquare can be valuable. Remember that copies of those messages can be stored in many places, such as in email accounts and on cell phones, not just in the archives of the social network provider. http://lawyerist.com/subpoena-
Friends and acquaintances may possess some of the records you seek.
"cause Facebook to disclose the content of communications to or from a Facebook user"
- http://www.calbizlit.com/cal_biz_lit/2009/08/more-about-facebook-how-to-get-facebook-records-in-the-litigation-arena.html#more (view on Google Sidewiki)
Benjamin Wright is an attorney in private practice, advising clients on privacy, digital law and forensic investigations. He teaches e-discovery, information technology and cyber-investigation law for SANS Institute.
Mr. Wright is known for promoting screencast video as a technique to document legal investigations in social media and audit evidence in online trading platforms.
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Mr Wright is a frequent public speaker at professional groups like state CPA societies and Institute of Internal Auditors. As the author of technology law books such as The Law of Electronic Commerce, he blogs on electronic data, records, security and social media law, and he spots trends, such as the rise of activists and whistleblowers wielding small video cameras. 2010: Russian financial authorities tapped Mr. Wright for advice on regulation and investigations in the micro-finance industry.
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Mr. Wright graduated from Georgetown University Law Center 1984. He serves on the Industry Advisory Board for the Electrical Engineering Department as SMU's Lyle School of Engineering.
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