In the world of paper, if you want to get rid of something you shred it. You won't see those unwanted files, folders and e-mails anymore, but a few industry experts are just waiting to prove they never really vanished. It's a booming industry. Minn. It's called Ontrack . Every day, Ontrack engineers get paid to comb through other people's computer files.
Lawyers see a goldmine with the relative permanency of electronic information.
They subpoena computer files and Ontrack dissects them. John Jessen of Electronic Evidence in Seattle is an expert at finding the ones no one intended to be read. If that patient survives, it will be a miracle. In this case, David responded to the message in all capital letters, saying that the evidence had indeed been destroyed. Attorney Mike Ceresi handled the state of Minnesota's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Big Tobacco .