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Mastering Google for Legal Investigations: A Comprehensive Guide

Last Updated March 2024

The internet has revolutionized the way investigations are conducted, providing an endless pool of information at our fingertips. Google, being the undisputed leader among search engines, plays a pivotal role in online research and investigation. However, with the vast expanse of information available, it becomes crucial to know how to navigate through Google efficiently to find exactly what you need. This blog post serves as a comprehensive guide on using Google’s Advanced Search and other tools effectively, ensuring that legal professionals can make their searches more productive and spend less time wading through pages of irrelevant results.

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Web Content Collection Rules for Legal Uses

Last Updated March 2024

Although the rise of social media networks and new computer advancements are revolutionizing the way web content information such as webpages, images or videos, is stored and collected, lawyers have been slow to adapt.

The rules and trends described in this guide will not only help attorneys, their firms, and their clients, stay ahead of the curve while not putting their law licenses at risk.

Highlights include:

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Catching Counterfeiters using Google Search Tips

Last Updated March 2024

In the realm of legal practice, especially when dealing with cases related to intellectual property infringement, such as counterfeiting, the ability to effectively gather and analyze online evidence is paramount. With the vast expanse of the internet playing host to countless instances of potentially infringing material, legal professionals must be adept at utilizing all available resources to build a compelling case. This guide aims to deepen your understanding of how to harness Google's suite of search tools and other resources for the meticulous task of collecting online evidence of counterfeiting.

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Capturing Webpages as Evidence: Risks and Best Practices

Last Updated March 2024

This Page Vault-sponsored ABA webinar explores the different approaches and issues with the admissibility of online evidence in courts. The webinar focuses on:

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Modern Capture Practices for Admissible Evidence

Last Updated March 2024

Co-presented by Brett Burney and Patrick Schweihs, Esq., this presentation discusses both ineffectual and successful preservation practices. Presented with real-life stories from attorneys and survey data collected in the spring of 2017, this webinar gives a clear snapshot of the current state of web content collection.

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Overcome Facebook’s Dreaded Motion to Quash Civil Subpoenas

Last Updated March 2024

In today’s social media age, Facebook and other social media platforms are quickly becoming invaluable repositories of discoverable data for attorneys. Subpoenaing Facebook to retrieve this data in a civil case, however, is not an easy task, mainly because Facebook and other social media companies rely on the Stored Communications Act (SCA) to quash civil subpoenas for account data. Facebook is particularly explicit on this issue, stating on its website that it will not honor civil subpoena requests on SCA grounds.

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