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1. Free Legal Research and Government Resources
2. Finding Information about Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses
3. Protecting Yourself and Your Firm
4. Finding Information on Corporate Entities
5. Ethics in the Digital Age
6. Using Online Evidence in Litigation
7. Advanced Search Efficiency Tips

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1. Free Legal Research and Government Resources
   9:00 - 10:00, Wesley M. Lawrence
1. Free Portals: General Legal, Associations, Academic, Special Subjects
2. Keeping Up with the News with Web (RSS) Feeds
3. Local Regulations, Ordinances, Legal Resources
4. Current and Proposed State and Federal Statutes
5. Uniform and International Laws
6. Government Agencies and Programs
7. Finding the Latest Relevant Case Law
8. Court Rules and Dockets
9. Sample Forms, Contracts, Legal Briefs, Settlement Motions, Complaints, etc.
2. Finding Information about Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses
   10:15 - 11:15, Wesley M. Lawrence
1. Planning the Search
2. Personal Background Information
1. Demographics, Contact Information and Family History
2. Criminal and Civil Litigation History
3. Assets and Liabilities/Negative Events
4. Attitudes, Biases – Blogs, Forum Comments, Social Networking Sites, etc.
3. Experts
1. Expert Directories, Professional Licenses and Affiliations
2. Current/Previous Employment and Published Works
3. Previous Experience as a Witness
4. Verifying the Authenticity of Obtained Data for Court Use
4. Other Legally Significant Information
5. Information Through Subpoena/Discover
3. Protecting Yourself and Your Firm
   11:15 - 12:00, Frederick S. Lane
1. Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus Packages
2. Phishing and Pharming Schemes
3. File Sharing and Working from Home
4. How Safe are Wireless Networks?
5. Privileged Communications over Portable Electronic Devices
4. Finding Information on Corporate Entities
   1:00 - 1:45, Frederick S. Lane
1. Researching Industry Standards and Regulation
2. Corporate Records Filings
3. What Info Was Removed from the Company Website? – The Use of the Wayback Machine in Litigation
4. Employee Use of the Internet
5. Step Lightly When Searching Online – Most Corporate Websites “Look Back”
1. Cookies
2. Environment Variables
6. Verifying the Authenticity of Obtained Data for Court Use
5. Ethics in the Digital Age
   1:45 - 2:45, Frederick S. Lane
1. Current and Upcoming Online Privacy Laws and Their Effect on Legal Practice
2. Using the Metadata Opposing Side Accidentally Shared Through Electronic Communication
3. Pitfalls of Interactive Websites
4. What Can Attorneys Say in Chat Rooms and Weblogs?
6. Using Online Evidence in Litigation
   3:00 - 3:45, Frederick S. Lane
1. E-Mail Recovery
2. Citing Online Research
3. Recent Case Law Involving Online Content as Evidence
4. Social Networking Sites
5. YouTube Content in the Courtroom
7. Advanced Search Efficiency Tips
   3:45 - 4:30, Wesley M. Lawrence
1. Boolean Logic in Search Engines
2. Narrowing the Search Scope
3. Searching the Deep Web
4. Useful Shortcuts
5. Navigation within Websites – Common Site Mapping Formats
6. Recommended Reference Resources

FREDERICK S. LANE III is an author, attorney, professional speaker and an expert witness in the field of computer forensics. Mr. Lane has worked as a computer forensics expert for the past decade, assisting attorneys and their clients across the country in the investigation and defense of a wide range of cases, including embezzlement, domestic relations, obscenity, child pornography and first degree murder. He has been invited to lecture before a variety of attorney groups and public defender offices (both federal and state) on topics ranging from peer-to-peer networks to the basics of computer forensics. A variety of computer forensics-related information is available on his Web site, www.ComputerForensicsDigest.com. In addition to his computer forensics work, Mr. Lane is the author of five books, including Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age (Routledge 2000); The Naked Employee: How Technology Is Compromising Workplace Privacy (Amacom 2003); The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture (Prometheus Books 2007); The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court (Beacon Press 2008); and American Privacy: The 400-Year-History of Our Most Contested Right (Beacon Press 2010). His sixth book, CyberTraps for the Young, will be published in April 2011 by NTI Upstream. Mr. Lane has been invited to appear as guest on a variety of national media programs, including Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," ABC's "Nightline," CBS's "60 Minutes" and "Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood," NBC's "Today Show," and numerous local and national radio programs. He is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities on topics ranging from First Amendment issues to student privacy in the digital age. Mr. Lane has served on the Burlington School Board since October 2001 and currently is the chair of the board. He graduated from Amherst College in 1985 with a degree in classics and American studies, and from Boston College Law School in 1988. Additional information about his work is available on his Web site, www.FrederickLane.com.

WESLEY M. LAWRENCE is the senior associate attorney at Ellis Boxer & Blake in Springfield, Vermont, where his practice is focused on workers' compensation defense. He represents numerous carriers, their insureds and self-insured employers before the Vermont Department of Labor, the Vermont superior courts and the Vermont Supreme Court. He also is admitted to practice in New Hampshire. Mr. Lawrence is a member of the Vermont and New Hampshire bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Delaware and his J.D. degree from Vermont Law School.

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