There are three steps to traces
and none of them are "screenshot it"
Here's what you're buying
Case in point: code comparison
The matter. A software company brought a claim against a former contractor's new business. The allegation was that the product had been rebuilt from their code.
The problem. Two codebases, 43 repositories between them, years of commit history, and no way to compare them by hand.
What we did. Collected both sides in full, with history intact, then compared them line by line.
The finding. One overlap that mattered — and the evidence to show when it was written and where it came from.
26 claimant repositories · 17 defendant repositories · 1 finding that mattered
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Questions people usually ask us
Is it admissible?
That's for the court to decide, not us. What we can do is make sure nothing about how it was collected gives anyone a reason to challenge it — hashed at the point of capture, an unbroken record of who handled what. We always provide a written statement of the method, and someone who can explain it.
What if the evidence has already been deleted?
Often it's still there. Platforms keep more than people expect, and deleted usually means hidden rather than gone. But retention windows do close, and once they have, nobody can get it back — not us, not anyone. That's why the first call matters more than most people think.
Do I need to involve the other side's IT?
No. We collect from systems your client controls. If the evidence sits somewhere they don't control, that's a disclosure application rather than a collection, and we'll say so.
What can't you get?
Plenty. Some platforms don't publish a usable interface at all, some only expose a few weeks of history, and some hold the good material behind a licence tier the client doesn't have. We tell you what the limit is before you instruct us, and what we couldn't reach goes in the bundle in writing.
Are you replacing an eDiscovery provider?
No. We do collection, they do review at scale, and we work alongside them regularly. If a matter genuinely needs the full forensic treatment, we'll tell you rather than take it.