Computer Searches & Computer Crime Prosecutions
Thursday | April 28, 2005 | 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association
Conference Center
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Sponsor:
Criminal Law Section
Computers are playing an increasingly central role in criminal investigations and prosecutions. Learn about how to advise corporate clients how to respond when the company is a victim of computer crime and what to do if law enforcement wants to search the company’s computer network.
Topics to be covered include:
- techniques government investigators use when searching computers and networks
- legal issues for companies and individuals whose computers are searched
- challenging a computer search
- priorities, at both the state and federal level, in computer crime prosecutions
- traditional crimes that are increasingly containing a significant computer component
- strategies to defend against these cutting edge prosecutions
- examples of the kinds of computer crime encountered most frequently in practice including hacking, phishing, Internet auction fraud, and intellectual property theft
- what you need to know about The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, as well as computer related Fourth Amendment and Patriot Act issues
Panel
Douglas Anderson
KPMG Forensics
Allison Burroughs, Esq.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Andrew Good, Esq.
Good & Cormier
John Grossman, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
Stephen Heymann. Esq.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Moderators
Amy Baron-Evans, Esq.
Assistant Federal Defender
Sentencing Resource Counsel
Adam Bookbinder, Esq.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Program Prices
$115 - BBA Member
$145 - Non-Member
$80 - BBA Member - New Lawyer (admitted after 6/2003)
$60 - BBA Member - Legal Services/Government Lawyer
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