Stroz Friedberg LLC - Case Studies

Case Studies

Stroz Friedberg has been called upon in high-profile and routine matters by top inside and outside counsel, prosecutors, defense counsel, and the courts. Among the leading, public matters have been:

Martha Stewart stock case
Enron Barge trial
Senate's investigation into the firing of seven Republican U.S. Attorneys
AMD v. Intel antitrust suit
New York State Attorney General's Office investigation of AIG
Investigation of Congressman Jefferson
FTC's suit against Sony BMG in connection with the company's digital rights management software

As described in our anonymized case studies below, we have also handled many other confidential digital forensics, cyber-crime, investigative, and electronic discovery matters, often with dispositive results.


Stroz Friedberg Resolves Complex Child Pornography Case Response to Illegal Employee Activity
Risk Assessment: Lost Backup Tapes Stroz renders risk assessment regarding lost backup tapes
Risk Assessment: Stolen Hard Drive Stroz Friedberg identifies data on - and asseses risk posed by - stolen hard drive
Solving a Theft of Services Case Stroz uncovers why a previously lucrative practice was losing money
Shutting Down a Political Hate Speech Site during an Election In the midst of a 2006 federal Congressional election in Minneapolis, Stroz Friedberg was called upon to trace the origins of a hate speech site featuring Independent Party candidate Tammy Lee
Monitoring Compliance Programs Missing backup tapes lead to comprehensive retention compliance
Metadata Analysis Manager acquitted after government stipulated to Stroz expert findings from metadata analysis
Network Intrusion of E-Commerce of Medical Device Company In-depth investigation of site finds compromised customer data requiring notification of data breach
Risk Assessment: Identifying the Intent of Threatening E-mails Combining proprietary software and digital forensics and traditional investigative experience to resolve a potentially dangerous situation
Potential Compromise of Credit Card Information Stroz assesses whether breach of FTP server led to compromise of credit card information
Stroz Aids Global Internet Company Overcome Computer Security Threat Neutralizing a dangerous hacker or extortionist
Theft of Proprietary Data Establishing theft of proprietary data by former employees
Subprime Exposure: Who Knew What When? An investment bank contacted Stroz Friedberg on a Friday morning as it confronted a crisis: It needed to ascertain by early the following week how a mistaken estimate of its subprime exposure had been calculated and by whom.
Violation of Litigation Hold Exonerating a manager suspected of violating litigation hold
Unauthorized Side-Business SFI uncovers and dismantles employees’ unauthorized side-business
Stroz’s Computer Forensics Expert Testimony Presented In High-Profile Rape Case Lamar Owens Case
Stroz Friedberg Investigates Insider Data Breach and Identity Theft at a Public Company Stroz uncovers the nature, duration and scope of a data breach and identity theft
Stroz Friedberg Acts as Neutral Expert Preserving Legislative Privilege
Stroz Serves as Electronic Discovery Special Master in Firearms Case Stroz serves as neutral electronic discovery and digital forensic special master in contentious litigation
Stroz Friedberg Recovers External Hard Drive Stolen Terabyte Hard Drive
Malicious Code Analysis Detecting and eradicating pre-zero day malware
Copyright Infringement Dating the creation of a copyrighted work
Client Avoids Spoliation Sanctions from Continued Use of E-mail Server Auto-Delete Function Expert Assistance by Stroz Friedberg
Dangerous Hacker and Extortionist Uncovered Stroz Friedberg neutralized a dangerous hacker and cyber-extortionist
E-Forgery Stroz detects another e-forgery
Disproving Allegations of Spoliation Disproving allegations of spoliation in a regulatory investigation
Anonymous Internet-Based Harassment Anonymous internet harassment case solved
Analysis of Encrypted Computers Defendants' use of encryption no barrier to fruitful forensic examination
Answering Who Knew What in the Enron Barge Trial Stroz serves as government's digital forensic expert at Enron Barge trial
Authenticity of E-Mail Stroz resolves authenticity of critical e-mails in major litigation
Assessing Impact of SQL Injection Attack Assessing whether a SQL injection attack led to the compromise of credit card information
Improving Litigation Hold Practices and Avoid Court-Ordered Sanctions
Identifying the Author of Potentially Damaging Communications Sent to Public Company Board Members Applying digital forensics and behavioral sciences to quickly resolve an incident
Independent Investigation Into Allegations of Misconduct Stroz Friedberg Investigations assists in independent investigation into allegations against Bishop Howard Hubbard
Investigating a Network Intrusion for a Potential Data Breach Comprehensive identification of intruders and cyber-trail to determine that sensitive medical data was not comprised
International Investigation Uncovers Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Money Laundering Activities Financial transaction analysis and investigative interviews resolve the case.
Eliminating Malicious Code on an Internet Search Engine Site Stroz Friedberg combats malicious code
Electronic Discovery Stroz Friedberg has repeatedly been selected by major law firms and large corporate clients to handle the electronic evidence collection and data analysis in recent high-profile accounting, mutual fund, corporate governance, insider trading, and conflict-of-interest scandals. Our expertise has been used to provide trusted services in locating, preserving, and analyzing data to ensure proper compliance with subpoena demands, internal investigations or both.
Evaluating Software for Spyware and Fraud Stroz provides objective testing exculpating software company target of FTC investigation
FTC Spyware Assessment Stroz Friedberg helps FTC win $2 million suit against deceptive anti-spyware programs
Expert Opinion in an Auto Industry Trademark Matter Stroz Friedberg filed expert affidavits in two separate trademark cases filed in federal court, Ford Motor Company v. Mill Supply, Inc., Case No. 04 -71120 (E.D. Mich.) and Grand Vehicle Works Corp. v. Mill Supply, Inc., Case No. 04 C 1915 (N.D. Ill.).

Stroz Friedberg Resolves Complex Child Pornography Case

Response to Illegal Employee Activity

Risk Assessment: Lost Backup Tapes

Stroz renders risk assessment regarding lost backup tapes

Risk Assessment: Stolen Hard Drive

Stroz Friedberg identifies data on - and asseses risk posed by - stolen hard drive

Solving a Theft of Services Case

Stroz uncovers why a previously lucrative practice was losing money

Shutting Down a Political Hate Speech Site during an Election

In the midst of a 2006 federal Congressional election in Minneapolis, Stroz Friedberg was called upon to trace the origins of a hate speech site featuring Independent Party candidate Tammy Lee

Monitoring Compliance Programs

Missing backup tapes lead to comprehensive retention compliance

Metadata Analysis

Manager acquitted after government stipulated to Stroz expert findings from metadata analysis

Network Intrusion of E-Commerce of Medical Device Company

In-depth investigation of site finds compromised customer data requiring notification of data breach

Risk Assessment: Identifying the Intent of Threatening E-mails

Combining proprietary software and digital forensics and traditional investigative experience to resolve a potentially dangerous situation

Potential Compromise of Credit Card Information

Stroz assesses whether breach of FTP server led to compromise of credit card information

Stroz Aids Global Internet Company Overcome Computer Security Threat

Neutralizing a dangerous hacker or extortionist

Theft of Proprietary Data

Establishing theft of proprietary data by former employees

Subprime Exposure: Who Knew What When?

An investment bank contacted Stroz Friedberg on a Friday morning as it confronted a crisis: It needed to ascertain by early the following week how a mistaken estimate of its subprime exposure had been calculated and by whom.

Violation of Litigation Hold

Exonerating a manager suspected of violating litigation hold

Unauthorized Side-Business

SFI uncovers and dismantles employees’ unauthorized side-business

Stroz’s Computer Forensics Expert Testimony Presented In High-Profile Rape Case

Lamar Owens Case

Stroz Friedberg Investigates Insider Data Breach and Identity Theft at a Public Company

Stroz uncovers the nature, duration and scope of a data breach and identity theft

Stroz Friedberg Acts as Neutral Expert

Preserving Legislative Privilege

Stroz Serves as Electronic Discovery Special Master in Firearms Case

Stroz serves as neutral electronic discovery and digital forensic special master in contentious litigation

Stroz Friedberg Recovers External Hard Drive

Stolen Terabyte Hard Drive

Malicious Code Analysis

Detecting and eradicating pre-zero day malware

Dating the creation of a copyrighted work

Client Avoids Spoliation Sanctions from Continued Use of E-mail Server Auto-Delete Function

Expert Assistance by Stroz Friedberg

Dangerous Hacker and Extortionist Uncovered

Stroz Friedberg neutralized a dangerous hacker and cyber-extortionist

E-Forgery

Stroz detects another e-forgery

Disproving Allegations of Spoliation

Disproving allegations of spoliation in a regulatory investigation

Anonymous Internet-Based Harassment

Anonymous internet harassment case solved

Analysis of Encrypted Computers

Defendants' use of encryption no barrier to fruitful forensic examination

Answering Who Knew What in the Enron Barge Trial

Stroz serves as government's digital forensic expert at Enron Barge trial

Authenticity of E-Mail

Stroz resolves authenticity of critical e-mails in major litigation

Assessing Impact of SQL Injection Attack

Assessing whether a SQL injection attack led to the compromise of credit card information

Improving Litigation Hold Practices and Avoid Court-Ordered Sanctions

Identifying the Author of Potentially Damaging Communications Sent to Public Company Board Members

Applying digital forensics and behavioral sciences to quickly resolve an incident

Independent Investigation Into Allegations of Misconduct

Stroz Friedberg Investigations assists in independent investigation into allegations against Bishop Howard Hubbard

Investigating a Network Intrusion for a Potential Data Breach

Comprehensive identification of intruders and cyber-trail to determine that sensitive medical data was not comprised

International Investigation Uncovers Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Money Laundering Activities

Financial transaction analysis and investigative interviews resolve the case.

Eliminating Malicious Code on an Internet Search Engine Site

Stroz Friedberg combats malicious code

Electronic Discovery

Stroz Friedberg has repeatedly been selected by major law firms and large corporate clients to handle the electronic evidence collection and data analysis in recent high-profile accounting, mutual fund, corporate governance, insider trading, and conflict-of-interest scandals. Our expertise has been used to provide trusted services in locating, preserving, and analyzing data to ensure proper compliance with subpoena demands, internal investigations or both.

Evaluating Software for Spyware and Fraud

Stroz provides objective testing exculpating software company target of FTC investigation

FTC Spyware Assessment

Stroz Friedberg helps FTC win $2 million suit against deceptive anti-spyware programs

Expert Opinion in an Auto Industry Trademark Matter

Stroz Friedberg filed expert affidavits in two separate trademark cases filed in federal court, Ford Motor Company v. Mill Supply, Inc., Case No. 04 -71120 (E.D. Mich.) and Grand Vehicle Works Corp. v. Mill Supply, Inc., Case No. 04 C 1915 (N.D. Ill.).