Articles

• A Call for Collaborative Action

• Head in the Sand or a Walk in the Clouds

• Checklist for Selecting a Digital Forensics Expert

• "Form or Forms" of ESI

• Metadata in a Lawyer's Document
  
  • Metadata - What Is It and What Are My Ethical Duties? by Jim Calloway, Published on January 5, 2009, Excllent summary of ethics opionions ans suggested methods to scrub metadata.
    
  • The Mining of Metadata, Navigating the hidden ethical dangers of discovering hidden information in electronic documents, by James T. Yand (Sept. 2008).  Excellent article reviewing the various state and ABA opinions regarding the mining of metadata in a lawyer's document (last visited Sept. 10, 2008). 
    
  • The National Security Agency (NSA) released guidance to help other federal agencies avoid dangers of documents made available in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word formats. The study, entitled, "Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish Sanitized Reports Converted from Word to PDF," summarizes the actions to ensure that confidential information contained in Word or PDF files is not accidentally disclosed.

Standards

• Uniform Rules Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (2007) - National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

• ABA - Civil Discovery Standards: August 2004 Update - American Bar Association
  

References

• Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) - Guidelines for e-discovery consumers and providers

• Sedona Conference - Suggested guidelines from a corporate perspective

Computer Forensics & Chain of Custody

• Best Practices for Seizing Electronic Evidence - United States Secret Service

• Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A First Responders Handbook - U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (July 2001).

• Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response, Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (last visited on August 21, 2008).

• Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics, Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (last visited on August 21, 2008).