one

A client found evidence of employee computer misuse, which appeared initially to be child pornography.  Blank Law & Technology  gathered the relevant electronic evidence by making a mirror image—or clone—of the employee’s hard disk drive, interviewing key fact witnesses, and analyzing the employee’s computer and Internet use to confirm or refute the employee’s justification for the presence of pornographic images on his computer. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $25,000.00   

  two

An employee of a client was accused of unauthorized pornography viewing and Internet surfing on company workstation.  Blank Law & Technology  immediately responded, cloning target hard disk drives and conducting a forensics investigation of computer and Internet use. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $5,000.00   

  three

A public company was sued in an employee discrimination suit.  The company engaged Blank Law & Technology to conduct a forensic investigation to attempt to prove whether or not an electronic document was created on the company’s computer system.  Blank Law & Technology gathered the electronic evidence and conducted a forensic analysis of the electronic document’s metadata and the company’s computer system, ultimately concluding that the document was not created on one of the public entity’s computer and exonerating the company personnel involved. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $50,000.00

  four

A company engaged in software development required oversight and documentation of a major file deletion project in order to ensure the company’s ability to confirm its compliance with a settlement in past litigation.  Blank Law & Technology  assisted the company in cloning affected computer hard drives, permanently deleting files, and fully documenting the procedures followed to insure against future litigation. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $7,500.00   

  five

An employee of an out-of-state client was accused of viewing pornography and other inappropriate Internet surfing on a company laptop and workstation during work hours.  Blank Law & Technology  immediately responded, arriving at company headquarters the morning after being called to clone target hard disk drives and to conduct a forensics investigation of computer and Internet use. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $10,000.00   

  six

A software company needed a comprehensive software audit performed in facilities of a large public company to determine the extent of the target company’s software infringement.  Our attorneys and engineers performed a software audit that successfully revealed millions of dollars in unpaid license fees and contributed to the largest-ever settlement for a copyright infringement claim in favor of our client. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $300,000.00   

  seven

A major U.S. company was in danger of being held in contempt by a federal court for failure to produce electronic documents related to documents in the possession of Plaintiff.  The company contended that it had undertaken all reasonable measures, and that further measures were cost-prohibitive.  Blank Law & Technology  undertook an investigation of the company’s infrastructure and network topology, and submitted declarations with respect to the effort required; the contempt motion failed. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $25,000.00   

  eight 

A client experienced a significant network slow down resulting in company wide computer inefficiencies.  Blank Law & Technology  was brought in to collect electronic evidence and examine system data and event chronologies, which uncovered illegal downloading of copyrighted movie content from an overseas server. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $20,000.00