Over the past several years, the government has increasingly turned to hacking and malware as an investigative technique. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun deploying software designed to infiltrate and control, disable, or surveil a computer's use and activity. The ACLU created a guide, to which NACDL and EFF contributed, that sets out key legal arguments and strategies for challenging evidence seized by government-installed computer malware. [Released March 2017]

Presented by: Colin Fieman Assistant Federal Public Defender, Tacoma, WA; and Paul Ohm, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

This webinar was supported in part by Grant No. 2013-MU-BX-K014 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, ACLU of Wisconsin, Inc., and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.