Topic
Forensic Science
178 published works
The Justice Gap
Peers warn miscarriages of justice inevitable after ‘shocking abdication of responsibility’ for forensics
Miscarriages of justice are inevitable without urgent and ‘long overdue’ reforms to forensic science according to a House of Lords inquiry. In a report released today, the House of Lords…
The Justice Gap
Crisis in forensics: ‘More miscarriages of justice are inevitable’
By Jon Robins
A Home Office minister admitted to the House of Lords’ science and technology committee that the government did not know how much money was being spent on the provision of…
Simple Justice
Halkides: Stretching The Truth, The Prosecution of Larry Swearingen
Ed. Note: Chris Halkides has been kind enough to try to make us lawyers smarter by dumbing down science enough that we have a small chance of understanding how it’s…
The Proof of Guilt
Guest Post: The Trajectory of Credibility – Forensics, Suspicion, and the Future of Circumstantial Justice in India
(This is a Guest Post by Sumedha Edara)Could the Supreme Court’s decision in Vaibhav v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 800) mark a pivotal shift in Indian criminal law jurisprudence? The…
Trade Secret Insider
AIPLA Conference on Trade Secret Litigation Recap: Part 2 – Forensics
By Thomas Hubert, Joseph Lavigne, PJ Kee
Our team attended the recent AIPLA Trade Secret Summit, one of the nation’s premier conferences on trade secret law. Critical issues surrounding the protection of confidential business information took center stage…
Pro Te: Solutio
Junk Science: What Courts are Seeing and How It Affects Us: A Judge’s Eye View
By Butler Snow
Introduction Trial lawyers, especially defense lawyers in the pharmaceutical and medical device arena, strive to ensure that “junk science” stays out of the courtroom. Unfortunately, that is often wishful thinking.…
eDiscovery Today Blog
S2|DATA Announces Educational Partnership with eDiscovery Today
By Doug Austin
Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX, January 9, 2025 – S2|DATA, a global leader in eDiscovery, forensics, and legacy data access announced today an educational partnership with Doug Austin’s eDiscovery Today blog,…
PrawfsBlawg
Bela Karolyi (1942-2024)
Main Sunday, November 17, 2024Bela Karolyi (1942-2024)This morning’s WaPo obit of Bela Karolyi has this line: “The cause and manner of death has not been specified, the AP reported.”The “manner…
Regulatory Oversight
Preserving Forensic Artifacts Following Incident Detection
Dear Mary, One of our employees recently fell victim to a phishing attack, allowing unauthorized access to their email account for a brief period. To be safe, we reset everyone's…
Simple Justice
Halkides: Brandon Woodruff And The Murder Of His Parents
Ed. Note: Chris Halkides has been kind enough to try to make us lawyers smarter by dumbing down science enough that we have a small chance of understanding how it’s…