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DMasia
Surety Signs Reseller Partnership Deal With LG CNS
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Document Magazine
Email Integrity Software
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Ferris Research
Surety, LLC Expands Data Integrity Portfolio with AbsoluteProof for Microsoft Exchange
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The Datakos Blawg
Lack of Understanding of E-Discovery and Regulatory Requirements Exposes Businesses to Legal and Compliance Risks
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Sonian Blog
New survey reveals IT is concerned about preserving emails for litigation
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Electronic Discovery Navigator
Survey Reveals IT Security and Compliance Professionals Concerned About Email Content Security, Ability to Preserve Emails for Litigation
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EDD Update
Surety Releases E-Mail Security Survey Results
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Dark Reading
Over 80% Worry About Email Authentication
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Zalud’s Security Blog
Email Security Survey: Dangers for Enterprises
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Computer Technology Review
An Authentic Challenge
The Wall of Shame
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Plaintiff's Reformatting of Hard Drives Sought in Discovery Warrants Adverse Inference Instruction, Not Dismissal
Property owner Wes Johnson, a customer of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., alleges that the mortgage company erroneously reported to credit reporting agencies that Johnson was delinquent on two real property mortgage loans. According to Johnson, the mistake cost him dearly as he was precluded from acquiring mortgage loans and refinancing existing loans, thus causing him to pay higher interest rates on mortgages and lines of credit. Johnson also alleged that existing lines of credit were reduced or canceled due to the mix-up.
The interesting part of the story is what happened after Johnson filed his Fair Credit Reporting Act claim against Wells Fargo. The company contends that Johnson’s claim is supported by several letters he wrote to Wells Fargo on his two laptops, alerting the company to the error and trying to rectify the situation. Wells Fargo asserts that Johnson manufactured the letters only to support his claim and states that computer evidence supports their contention. That evidence, however, is now missing after Johnson reformatted the hard drives on both his laptops, thus overriding any documentation relating to the letters at the heart of the dispute. Johnson claims the reformatting was done of the advice of a computer technician after the computers become infected with viruses and spy-ware. The hard drive reformatting is particularly relevant in this case because the existence and authenticity of the letters is critical to deciding whether Johnson had attempted to inform Wells Fargo of the error.
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SEC Accuses Former Pixar CFO of Backdating
Claiming that she fully complied with Pixar’s own practices, Mather believes there is no ground for legal proceedings. Even if Mather is not found guilty, the suit should serve as a wake-up call for the company to keep better track the authenticity of electronic documents, including stock option grants. Failing to have done so may cost the company a piece of its reputation, as well as the rust of its investors.
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11th Grader Given Detention For Using Firefox Mouthing Off
An 11th grader at Big Springs High School in Pennsylvania caused an Internet controversy when he released a copy of his detention slip showing that he had been punished for using the Web browser Mozilla Firefox in class.
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E-Mails in First Trial May Haunt Johnson
While former PruchasePro executive Charles Johnson is currently on trial in U.S. District Court on charges of making improper deals to inflate company earnings, he is staying in the headlines for an earlier case that ended in a mistrial and led to the firing of Johnson’s former attorney, Preston Burton.
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Lawyer's Altering Of Documents Could Be Trouble For Best Buy
A lawyer for Best Buy Co. (BBY) has acknowledged that he falsified emails and a memo before turning them over to plaintiffs in a nationwide class-action lawsuit - a development that could prompt the judge to find the company liable for tens of millions of dollars in damages.
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Backdating Fine May Set Model: Brocade Is the First to Pay Penalty in Options Probe; SEC Debated Punishment
Technology company Brocade Communications, Inc. faces a $7 million fine from the Securities and Exchange Commission as a penalty for improperly issuing stock options. Brocade is the first company to receive such a penalty and the settlement represents a significant decision among SEC commissioners as to whether companies should be penalized for stock option violations...
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Former Coke Secretary Sentenced In Trade-Secret Case
Joya Williams faces as many as 10 years in prison on the single conspiracy charge in a failed scheme to sell Coke's trade secrets to rival Pepsi for at least $1.5 million. U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester told Williams that he was meting out the long prison term because, “This is the kind of offense that cannot be tolerated in our society.”
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Auto Officials Accused of Leaking Tech Secrets to China
Hyundai and Kia Motors estimated the damage from the IP theft could add up to W4.7 trillion by 2010 in the Chinese market and W22.3 trillion in the global market…
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Industrial Espionage Reveal Problems at Kia
Five former and current employees of Korea’s Kia Motors were accused of stealing and delivering 57 corporate secrets to a Chinese automaker. Kia’s lax corporate IT security policies allowed employees to email profitable company secrets to a competitor, contributing to a huge operating loss for the company…
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Cell Phone Evidence Used to Convict, Called into Question
R&B singer Waymond Anderson could walk free from jail if an appeal against his murder conviction is successful. The star has spent 13 years in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder of Robert Wellington in 1993. Defense lawyers claim Anderson was miles from where the killing took place and have submitted statements from two trial witnesses to say they lied under oath. His conviction lies in the strength of electronic evidence seized from his cell phone placing him at the scene, but prosecutors first must prove the authenticity of that evidence or Anderson will be set free…
Power of Proof Blog
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In Case You Missed It (July 7 – July 13, 2008)
News stories from the week of July 7, 2008 that piqued our interest:
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In Case You Missed It (June 30 – July 6, 2008)
News stories from the week of June 30, 2008 that piqued our interest.
Press Releases
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Surety Continues International Momentum with Samsung SDS Reseller Partnership
Agreement with IT Services Powerhouse Expands Use of Surety’s AbsoluteProof in South Korea and among Samsung Subsidiaries Worldwide
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Surety, LLC Announces New Reseller Partnership in Korea
Partnership with LG CNS Extends Surety’s AbsoluteProof Solutions within South Korea and LG Corporation Subsidiaries Worldwide
Newsletters
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Power of Proof Newsletter - July 2008
Email Leads to Arrest of Bear Stearns Hedge Funds Managers; Company Computers vs. Email Privacy; IT Execs Overconfident and Underprepared for E-Discovery; ESI Trends Report
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Power of Proof Newsletter - June 2008
The latest on electronic records best practices; e-discovery & litigation support; email security & authenticity … plus shameful acts of data tampering.
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Power of Proof Newsletter - May 2008
The latest on electronic records best practices; e-discovery & litigation support; email security & authenticity … plus shameful acts of data tampering.
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Power of Proof Newsletter - April 2008
The latest on electronic records best practices; e-discovery & litigation support; email security & authenticity … plus shameful acts of data tampering.
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