A publication of Law & Forensics

When the dispute turns on the technology, the court needs a neutral who reads the code.

Daniel B. Garrie serves as a court-appointed technical special master, discovery referee, and forensic neutral in matters involving source code, e-discovery, cybersecurity, and AI systems — and writes here on the questions those matters raise.

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Daniel B. Garrie is a court-appointed technical special master, discovery referee, and forensic neutral who has served in more than one hundred court-appointed and expert-witness matters, and teaches cybersecurity law and computer forensics at Harvard.

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