Agenda / Content Covered

1. Collecting Social Media Account Content
   9:00 — 9:50, David Lowe
   1. Social Media Sites You Must Know
   2. What to Look for and Where to Find it
   3. Social Media Discovery
   4. Downloading Social Media Content
   5. Archive Features
   6. What to Do if an Account's Been Deactivated or Deleted
   7. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and More: Handy How-to's and Screenshots
   8. Authenticating Social Media Postings
2. Obtaining Computer, Email, and Internet Evidence
   9:50 — 10:40, Gregory Fordham
   1. Obtaining Evidence From PCs and Tablets, Flash Drives and External Hard Drives, Cloud Storage
   2. Gathering, Reviewing, and Producing Emails
   3. Cookies and Web History
   4. Go-to Website Resources
   5. Collecting Internet Evidence
   6. Obtaining and Using Deleted Internet Evidence
   7. Citing Online Content Properly
   8. Handy How-to's and Screenshots
   9. Authenticating Emails, Internet Evidence, and More
3. Retrieving Evidence From Smartphones
   10:55 — 11:45, Gregory Fordham
   1. What to Look for, Where to Find it
   2. Texts, Instant Messages, and Voice Messages
   3. Collecting Evidence on Apps
   4. Collecting Audio and Video
   5. Geo Tagging
   6. Finding Evidence of a Secret or Hidden Phone
   7. Using Apps to Collect Evidence
   8. Retrieving Deleted Data and Messages
   9. Authenticating Text Messages and Other Smartphone Content
4. Cameras, Wearable Tech, GPS Devices, and More: Real-World Tips
   12:45 — 1:35, Donald Mau
5. Metadata: Using, Scrubbing, Producing
   1:40 — 2:30, Donald Mau
   1. What Metadata Can Reveal
   2. Avoiding Disclosure of Work Product or Privileged Information
   3. Scrubbing Metadata to Remove it From Documents
   4. Preserving and Producing File Metadata
   5. Using Metadata to Authenticate Documents
6. Subpoenaing Social Media, Phone Records, and More (w/Samples)
   2:40 — 3:30, David Lowe
   1. When to Request, What to Request, and What You'll Receive
   2. In-State vs. Out-of-State Subpoenas
   3. Issuing Subpoenas to Websites or Parent Companies
   4. Using Subpoenas for Social Media Records
   5. Subpoenaing Phone Records
   6. Using Subpoenas to Gather Other Records
   7. Managing Nonproduction and Cost Issues
7. Legal Ethics of Social Media and ESI
   3:30 — 4:30, David Lowe
   1. Social Media Ethics
   2. Attorney E-Discovery Competency
   3. Data Confidentiality
   4. Spoliation: Ethical Issues
   5. Inadvertent Disclosure of Documents: Sender vs. Receiver

Accreditation Details:

Gregory L Fordham is the founder of Fordham Forensics based in Atlanta, Georgia. He provides forensic accounting and computer forensic and e-discovery consulting services to attorneys in complex litigation cases nationwide. Although his cases have involved a wide range of labor-related issues like claims of harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination, he is most often involved in asserting or defending matters involving restrictive covenants and misappropriated trade secrets. Mr. Fordham is a certified public accountant in Virginia, and a certified internal auditor by the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has also added several professional certifications reflecting his computer forensic expertise, including certified computer examiner by the Internal Society of Forensic Computer Examiners. He earned his B.B.A. degree from Emory University in Atlanta.

 

David A Lowe is a partner with the law firm of Keegan, Juban, Lowe & Robichaux, LLC; where he focuses his practice in civil litigation, corporate matters, employment law, personal injury, and successions. Mr. Lowe is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the state of Louisiana and has been admitted to practice pro hac vice before multiple federal courts in other jurisdictions. He has argued multiple cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court. He is a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and his J.D. degree from Louisiana State University.

 

Donald A Mau is an associate with Miguel Elias, A Professional Law Corporation, where he practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death and also civil trial. Mr. Mau received his B.A. degree from Loyola University of New Orleans and he received his J.D. and G.D.C.L. degrees from Louisiana State University. During his time at LSU, he was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Mineral Rights, served as a research assistant for Professors Jasmine McNealy and Patrick Martin, and was a judicial extern for Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson. Since being admitted to practice law in Louisiana, he has worked in the New Orleans area and been involved in the ABA's Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, co-authoring the committee's "Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law."