ZDNets – Between the lines post

ZDnet was a technology space? The two videos posted reflect items captured on camera that reflect a negative response of the people. Which is usually hammered at by other’s with social agenda’s that at-times itself is a distraction.

Apple is planning on streaming video with the support of CCTV (funny enough-China Central Television). This can prove to be a tremendous break-through. Broadcasting feeds generated from Surveillance cameras. Only in such a “closed” lab like environment can this possibly take place.

The behind the scenes knowledge obtained, used the right way in a “free” society, can open avenues of possibilities today only on paper.

Chicago – only second to London is developing an infrastructure of surveillance cameras that now looks to encourage businesses to join the network through its 911 center. Is it possible the surveillance build up in these cities is connected with the Olympics?  (Chicago is still in running to host 2016)

Not to overlook China’s other side, we have a strong tendency within our own media of “selective” messages.

One main role technology plays is finding alternate uses for ideas once there created. At times we leave this up to the “free” market to bring forward. If we spend to much time with the Orwellian theory, we risk the opportunity of missing something that may prove more important to society.

Communities across this great nation are embracing surveillance with the honorable objective of securing the land for the people. The camera was never in question, it is those behind the camera.

It is sad individuals don’t see this opportunity an trumpet in a new concept in using surveillance cameras. Maybe “hits/visitors” are more important the true content.

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Drive-By Rule 16 Conferences

Over the past year, CyberControls has shared its perspective on the importance for all commercial litigators to develop a heightened awareness and mastery in preparing for the inevitable challenges associated with electronically stored information (ESI) in their cases. Whether you represent the producing party or requesting party, the vast majority of e-discovery related disasters are easily traced back to inadequate pretrial planning, preparation and effective communication with the client and opposition.

With so much being written about the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the past eighteen months, is it any wonder why the level of e-discovery disputes in courts is on the rise? In the June issue, Law.com posted an article “E-Discovery From The Bench,” by Jason Krause, which is a well researched collection of comments from a wide array of jurists weighing in on all aspects of electronic discovery, such as:

“You see a lot of wasted opportunities in many cases coming out of the Rule 26 meet and confer and the Rule 16 conference with the court,” says Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. “In many cases lawyers treat the Rule 26 conference like a drive-by conference and there is no meaningful attempt to address these issues.”

Mr. Krause’s article goes on with . . . Judges say the No. 1 problem is that lawyers come to the Rule 16 meeting without having learned anything about the electronic records that will be in dispute in many cases. “You can’t come to the judge and just say ‘I don’t know.’ The fact is you need to know what you don’t know,” says Chief Magistrate Judge Paul Grimm of the U.S. District Court for Maryland. “But more than that, you have to know what is reasonable to ask for. You can’t come to the judge and ask for everything and a pony.”

CyberControls is not a law firm. We are experienced specialists in the in the field of electronic discovery and production, computer forensics and the integration of computer technology and the rules of discovery. Our professional services teams are comprised of pretrial litigation consultants and field technicians and forensic experts. CyberControls’ expertise in computer forensics and investigative experience has proven to be an invaluable resource to hundreds of legal professionals across the country.

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