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ARTICLE · 30 MARCH 2023

EDiscovery And White-Collar Crimes

White-collar crime investigations are becoming more and more reliant on electronic discovery (eDiscovery) to identify and analyze digital evidence. Fraud, embezzlement, and insider trading have evolved...

United StatesCriminal Law

White-collar crime investigations are becoming more and more reliant on electronic discovery (eDiscovery) to identify and analyze digital evidence. Fraud, embezzlement, and insider trading have evolved as technology has advanced; emails replace letters, laptops supplant paper files - the list goes on. eDiscovery presents itself then as an invaluable tool for investigators in understanding the underlying complexities of these crimes that, with their abundance of digital data would otherwise be difficult to uncover.

What is eDiscovery?

Through eDiscovery, legal teams can identify and access digital evidence that is pertinent to a criminal investigation. This includes uncovering electronic communications - like emails, text messages, and chat logs - as well as accounting data (bank statements) related to possible white-collar crime activity. By parsing through this information with precision, lawyers are better equipped to fulfill their investigative

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