Book
Uncovering Digital Evidence
Thomson Reuters / book · 2024
Digital forensics · Internal investigations · Trade secrets · SEC & white-collar · Expert testimony
When the investigation turns on digital evidence, firms call Law & Forensics.
We run the forensic investigations behind internal inquiries, trade-secret disputes, and SEC and white-collar matters — and our cybersecurity and digital-forensics experts testify to the findings in court, arbitration, and government proceedings.
- Findings that survive cross-examination
- Court-appointed neutrals & special masters
- Defensible chain of custody, end to end
Testifying experts
Retained in government & white-collar matters
Recognized authority
Scholarship cited in Black’s Law Dictionary
Forensic innovation
Multiple U.S. patents in forensic technology
Trusted as neutrals
Appointed JAMS special masters & arbitrators
Industries we serve: financial services · healthcare · technology · government · manufacturing · energy · retail · and more
- Years of forensic & legal expertise
- 25+
- Matters & engagements
- 1,000+
- Courts & arbitral forums
- 100+
- Special-master & neutral appointments
- 200+
Our scale & reach
The depth of a firm. The focus of a specialist.
Law & Forensics brings together rare technical, legal, and investigative expertise — trusted by counsel, boards, and courts when the stakes are highest.
Court-tested experts
Our cybersecurity and digital-forensics experts have testified in state, federal, arbitral, and government proceedings.
Forensic investigators
We conduct internal, trade-secret, and white-collar investigations — following the digital evidence wherever it leads.
Trusted as neutrals
Appointed as special masters, arbitrators, and mediators in complex technology disputes.
From investigation to testimony
The same team that uncovers and preserves the evidence stands behind it on the witness stand.
Trusted where the stakes are highest
The people who can't afford to be wrong call us
- Am Law 100 law firms
- Fortune 500 companies
- Global financial institutions
- Government & regulators
- Leading universities & health systems
Featured & cited in
Bylines & citations also in Forbes, Bloomberg Law, The Wall Street Journal & The New York Times.
What we do
Investigations and testimony, built on forensic rigor
From digital forensics and internal investigations to expert testimony, every engagement is built on a defensible evidentiary record. Cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and privacy round out the practice.
Digital Forensics
When the matter turns on the evidence, we find it and we prove it.
Investigations
Following the facts wherever they lead — discreetly, thoroughly, defensibly.
Cybersecurity
From the boardroom to the breach, on the worst day and every day before it.
Digital Banking
The technology, controls, and expertise behind modern financial services.
Industries we serve
Fluent in the sectors where the stakes run highest
Regulated, high-consequence industries demand experts who already speak the language — the regulators, the data, and the way disputes unfold. Find your sector.
Financial Services
Banks, broker-dealers, fintech, insurers, and asset managers — fraud, breach, and regulatory exposure.
8 case studies →
Technology, Telecom & Software
SaaS, semiconductor, social, IoT, and carriers — source-code disputes, breaches, and expert testimony.
6 case studies →
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Hospitals, health systems, and pharma — HIPAA breach response, IP theft, and privacy programs.
4 case studies →
Government, Education & Public Sector
Federal agencies, universities, and research institutions — complex litigation, FOIA, and data breach.
3 case studies →
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial, aerospace & defense, and automotive — trade-secret forensics, sanctions, and export controls.
4 case studies →
Energy & Utilities
Power generation, transmission, and utilities — OT/ICS intrusion response and critical-infrastructure security.
3 case studies →
Retail & Consumer
Retail, e-commerce, gaming, and hospitality — payment-data breach, privacy response, and board strategy.
2 case studies →
Media & Entertainment
Studios, streamers, and publishers — deepfake and IP forensics, and content-authenticity disputes.
3 case studies →
Transportation & Logistics
Maritime, freight, and logistics — business-email-compromise wire fraud and cyber due diligence.
3 case studies →
Proven outcomes
Results that held up
Anonymized engagements across regulated industries — real Law & Forensics work, client identities protected.
- Global Manufacturing / Industrials
Trade-Secret Theft Uncovered at a Fortune 100 Industrial Manufacturer
$400M+
in IP value preserved through emergency injunctive relief
- Private Equity / Asset Management
Uncovering a $28M insider-fraud scheme before close — and preserving a private-equity firm's portfolio investment
$28M across 3 fiscal years
Fraudulent revenue identified
- Capital Markets / Broker-Dealer
Defending a broker-dealer against an SEC spoofing investigation with forensic trading-data analysis — and closing the inquiry without charges
11M across 14 venues
Order events forensically reconstructed and analyzed
In their words
What counsel say
Trusted by the lawyers, boards, and courts who turn to us when the technical facts decide the outcome.
When the board needed answers fast, they ran the internal investigation cleanly — followed the digital trail, preserved everything, and gave us findings we could act on and defend.
General Counsel, Fortune 100 companyInternal investigation Their examiners reconstructed exactly how our trade secrets left the building, and it held up when their expert testified — the opinions survived cross because the analysis was rigorous.
Litigation Partner, Am Law 100 firmTrade-secret theft Facing an SEC inquiry, we needed an expert who could explain the trading data to regulators and, if it came to it, to a court. They were precise, measured, and never overstated the evidence.
Securities Defense Partner, national firmSEC / white-collar investigation We've brought them in as testifying experts on digital-forensics and cybersecurity questions in government and white-collar matters — they make complex technical facts something a judge and jury can follow.
Partner, white-collar & government investigations practiceExpert testimony When an intrusion became litigation, the same team that investigated it stood behind the evidence as our expert. Boardroom to courtroom, with no handoff.
Chief Legal Officer, global enterpriseCybersecurity expert testimony
The people who testify
Meet the experts behind the work
Named, court-tested expert witnesses, special masters, and neutrals — the kind of practitioners who advise the boardroom and then defend the evidence in the courtroom.
Insights
Sharp thinking from the front lines
Analysis on the questions our clients face, from the team that publishes the field's reference works.
2026-04-28 · eDiscovery
Copy-Paste Discovery: Court Rules AI Is Not a Substitute for Good Lawyering — And Sanctions Follow
A federal court sanctioned plaintiff's counsel in April 2026 after finding he had copy-pasted AI-generated analysis directly into a meet-and-confer email without independent legal review, signaling that courts will no longer treat "the AI said so" as a substitute for good-faith lawyering.
2026-02-20 · Cybersecurity
Deepfake Defense: Securing Real Estate Transactions in the Age of AI
AI voice and video deepfakes are turning real estate closings into prime targets for wire fraud and impersonation. Here is how to verify identity and defend the funds flow.
2026-02-19 · webinar
Byte by Byte: What Attorneys Should Know About Software and Programming
The SolarWinds breach has represented a landmark event in its scope and technical complexity, as well as in the ensuing impact it has had on regulatory oversight and executive liability. This major cybersecurity…
News & events
Recognition and milestones
Awards, appointments, books, and speaking engagements from across the Law & Forensics team.
Publications · 2026-04-01
Law & Forensics Expert Gary Corn Publishes "Cognitive Warfare: Generative AI, False Realities, and International Humanitarian Law"
The paper, drafted as a chapter for the Lieber Institute for Law & Land Warfare's forthcoming volume on international law and artificial intelligence in armed conflict, analyzes GenAI's capacity to…
Speaking · 2026-03-25
David Cass on Agentic AI Third-Party Risk in Financial Services (RSAC 2026)
GovInfoSecurity, published by ISMG, has released a video interview with David Cass — CISO at Keyrock, President of CISOs Connect, and adjunct faculty at Harvard Extension School — recorded at RSAC …
Publications · 2025-11-04
Law & Forensics Expert Dr. Morgan B. Ward Doran Co-Authors Law360 Alert on Generative AI Metadata Hallucinations
Document metadata — the embedded data fields recording author names, creation dates, modification histories, and organizational origins — has traditionally been generated automatically by software …
Scholarship
We write the book on it — literally
Our experts author the books and law-review scholarship that shape how courts and counsel understand technology.
Book
Cybersecurity and the Courthouse: Safeguarding the Judicial Process
Wolters Kluwer · 2019
- Attys Beware: Generative AI Can Also Hallucinate Metadata
Daniel B. Garrie · Law360
- Evolving AI and Arbitration Legal Practices
Daniel B. Garrie · Daily Journal
- Companies Need to Reevaluate Cybersecurity and Privacy Programs to Comply with the FTC's Expanded Safeguards Rule
Daniel B. Garrie · Daily Journal
Teaching & education
Our experts teach this
From Harvard to Chicago-Kent to the Global Cyber Institute, our team trains the next generation of cyber-legal leaders — and you can request complimentary CLE access.
Harvard Extension School
Fundamentals of the Law and Cybersecurity (CSCI E-147A)
Daniel B. Garrie, David Cass
4 credits
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech
Certificate in Cybersecurity
Daniel B. Garrie, David Cass, George Pierce
Professional certificate (non-credit)
Global Cyber Institute · UCLA Extension
Cyber Certificate Program for Lawyers
Daniel B. Garrie, David Cass
CLE-eligible (incl. ethics)
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