FSEL 610 Advanced Electronic Discovery

Examines the principles and methodologies involved in the e-discovery process and the use of digital evidence in litigation. Topics include: legal issues surrounding the identification, preservation, and collection of relevant electronic evidence, including the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; methods for culling datasets to the most relevant; electronically-assisted document review; proper methodology for preservation of metadata; spoliation considerations; and the interplay of each of the foregoing with computer forensic investigations.