There are two areas related to geotagging photos that lawyers need to appreciate. One is related to privacy and security c
oncerns of both lawyers and their clients. Another relates to the sometimes-hidden evidentiary value of geotagged photos.
As Brian X. Chen, consumer technology columnist for The New York Times, noted in a recent
Lawyers often must handle emotionally taxing matters. Sexual assault and/or child sexual abuse litigation are challenging for the lawyer because the subject matter is often the trauma the client has suffered. Trauma-Informed legal advocacy by Texas lawyer Cornelia Brandfield-Harvey draws on her years of experience in this area to share some wisdom.
Her advice is
To be honest, one of the last things I’d ever want to write a law practice technology tip about is Jeffery Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition. But after a federal court recently released a redacted copy of her 2016 depositions, the cyber sleuths went to work.
Lawyers, if you ever relied redaction of a deposition
Trial presentation software and presentation tools have become a part of many trial attorneys’ lives. Many hearings do not require these tools. But today’s jurors are used to receiving information via videos and graphics. Every trial lawyer has seen the jurors pay close attention to well-crafted charts or photographs of the accident scene displayed on
While you don’t have to be a tech genius to fake digital evidence, you may have to hire one to uncover the fake. In Sharon Nelson’s post “Divorce Attorneys Struggle with Faked Cell Phone Evidence in Court,” I promise you will learn of one stupidly simple way to fake text messages.
This month's Digital Edge podcast, Why the iPad is the Best Tablet for Litigators, features Tom Mighell, 
author of the ABA book, iPad in One Hour for Litigators, Second Edition. While there are now many interesting versions of tablets and "phablets" these days, according to Tom, the iPad is still the best tool
Witness Preparation: Best Practices for a Successful Deposition is a really nice article by Tulsa, Oklahoma attorney Robert P. Redemann. I strongly recommend it to any lawyer, even those who might not be involved with depositions. Sometimes it is good to understand best practices in our profession. Share the link with a young lawyer you
