The internet never forgets! Check out this webinar from Lexbe tomorrow to learn how to use the Wayback Machine in litigation!
Tomorrow, Lexbe will host the encore webinar titled (wait for it!) How to Use the Wayback Machine in Litigation (available here) at 2pm ET (1pm CT, 11am PT). In this exclusive webinar, web archiving expert Nicholas Taylor (nullhandle.org) will guide you through the legal power of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (IAWM). You’ll learn how to access, analyze, and authenticate archived web content and how courts have ruled on its admissibility in more than 450 federal cases.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to navigate and extract records from the Wayback Machine
- Common mistakes that get IAWM evidence excluded—and how to avoid them
- Strategies for authentication: judicial notice, affidavits, expert testimony & more
- Case law trends: admissibility wins and pitfalls from real federal cases
- How to timestamp prior art, product claims, or terms of service online
- Tools to visualize changes to web pages over time
- How to use GenAI to analyze the evidence and build your case
The internet never forgets, if you know where to look. With the exponential growth of data on the internet, the IAWM has emerged as a critical source of evidence in legal cases, including this case and this case. Register here to learn how to use the Wayback Machine in litigation tomorrow!
So, what do you think? Are you interested in learning about discovery of Wayback Machine evidence? If so, consider attending the webinar tomorrow! And please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
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