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Three decades of engagements, anonymized by design. Client confidentiality is the point.
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Case studies are grouped by the principal type of matter.
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Biometrics & Privacy
Rogers v. BNSF Railway: Biometric Privacy
GDF served as database, data-analysis, and computer-forensics experts for plaintiffs’ counsel in the first BIPA class action to reach a jury trial.
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Public Court Record
COMLAB v. Kal Tire: Fabricated Evidence
Metadata and computer-forensics testimony helped establish fabrication and spoliation by clear and convincing evidence.
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Intellectual Property
Worldwide Intellectual Property Case
Cross-border investigation into the movement and use of protected intellectual property.
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Financial Fraud
Banking Industry: Executive-Level Financial Fraud
Examination of executive conduct and transaction records inside a banking institution.
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Financial Fraud
Massive Securities Fraud
Large-scale securities matter requiring reconstruction of records across many custodians.
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Financial Fraud
Massive Financial Fraud
Multi-entity financial fraud investigation supported by digital evidence.
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eDiscovery
Massive Data Discovery
Defensible collection and processing at volume against a court-imposed schedule.
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Corporate Investigation
Internal Corporate Fraud
Internal investigation into misuse of corporate systems and authority.
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Corporate Investigation
Corporate Investigation: Industrial Sector
Corporate engagement combining device forensics with employee conduct review.
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Digital Forensics
Drug Diversion Investigation
Investigation into diversion of controlled substances using system and access records.
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Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property: Garment Industry
Design and trade secret misappropriation examined through digital artifacts.
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Expert Witness
Intellectual Property Case
Trade secret matter carried through examination, reporting and testimony.
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