That's because there was
no fraud. Decision Highly Relevant to Cybercrime and eDiscovery Investigations Alike

PASADENA, Calif.

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ExxonMobil maintains the evidence clearly shows there was no
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ACLJ: Terri Schiavo Death Sentence Should Not Be Carried out

The brief also asserted that Terri is not in a persistent
vegetative state, as alleged by her husband, that her condition is not
terminal and untreatable, and that she is aware of her surroundings
and does not want to die - especially by starvation and dehydration.

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5 billion punitive damages award."
This afternoon, a Florida appeals court could clear the way
permitting Terri's estranged husband to remove her feeding tube - a
move that will trigger a week-long process of starvation and
dehydration .

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Since 1995, ExxonMobil has contributed nearly $3. Department of the Interior honored ExxonMobil
for excellence in mineral royalty and production reporting and
compliance. "The Court of Appeals of Texas
decision is yet another important published decision emphasizing the
reliability of the EnCase software, and we continue to see exponential growth
in the number of successful criminal, compliance and eDiscovery investigations
involving EnCase. Its EnCase(R)
solutions provide the foundation for both law enforcement and corporate
enterprise investigations that enable corporate , government and law
enforcement agencies to conduct effective investigations of all types.

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The punitive damages award is 149
times the compensatory award, and, in its brief, ExxonMobil noted that
in 2003, the U. Kennedy wrote
for the court.
This decision is important for both prosecutors and corporate counsel who
litigate cases involving electronic evidence, including cybercrime and
eDiscovery matters.
In its decision published March 8, 2006, Sanders v.

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"This is a contract dispute that the State, for tactical
reasons, chose to dress up as a fraud claim," the company wrote in its
appeal.todd@guidancesoftware.

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"This Court's resolution of
these issues will also determine how to compute royalties under the
leases going forward., Guidance Software Inc., the
world leader in computer investigation solutions, today announced that a Texas
Appellate Court re-affirmed the reliability and use of the EnCase(R) computer
forensic software.S. In
September 2004, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the lower court
decision.

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Key Appellate Court Ruling Validates Guidance Software 's EnCase(R) Computer Forensic Software

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The Sanders court followed an earlier Court of Appeals of Texas decision
(Williford v. State, 127 S.

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WASHINGTON----The American Center
for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which represented the parents of Terri
Schiavo in a legal battle to keep their daughter alive, said Terri's
estranged husband should not carry out a death sentence by removing
Terri's feeding tube, which could take place today.

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5 billion punitive award is based on the State's unproven
allegations of fraud," ExxonMobil General Counsel Charles Matthews
said today., in
which there were $1 million in compensatory damages.
The decision noted that computer forensics investigators utilize "EnCase to
automate the task of searching and finding the files" on a computer after an
"image of the drive is taken; the files are copied, and EnCase validates the
copy by an 'MD5 hash,' a 128-bit algorithm that verifies the image.
"This death sentence should not be carried out," said Jay Sekulow,
Chief Counsel of the ACLJ, which represented Mary and Robert Schindler
- Terri's parents - at the Supreme Court in their efforts to defend
the emergency Florida legislation that saved their daughter's life.org

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The size of the punitive damage award is clearly unconstitutional,
grossly excessive and arbitrary.

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"We are appealing to have it reversed ."

About Guidance Software
Founded in 1997, Guidance Software is recognized worldwide as the
industry leader in computer investigation technologies. For
corporate investigators, EnCase Enterprise provides a powerful and highly
defendable platform to respond promptly to eDiscovery requests , all while
maintaining the integrity of the data.aclj.

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"The $3. "The jury and the trial court rewarded those tactics with a
giant punitive damages award.
ExxonMobil's total capital investment in Alabama currently exceeds $3
billion and the company employs more than 200 people and thousands of
contractors, and more than 200 retirees live in the state." As a
result, the court upheld the defendant's conviction for aggravated sexual
assault on a child and a life sentence was secured through the prosecution's
use of EnCase software. Schiavo to reverse a lower court
ruling that struck down "Terri's Law" as unconstitutional.

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ExxonMobil Appeals to Alabama Supreme Court; Seeks to Reverse Largest Punitive Damages Award in State's History

Importantly, the Sanders court
took judicial notice -- which is a court's acceptance of an established or
incontrovertible fact -- of prior court decisions that validated EnCase,
noting that "once some courts have, through a Daubert /Kelly 'gatekeeping'
hearing, determined the scientific reliability and validity of a specific
methodology .

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EnCase software is utilized by over 20,000 government and
corporate computer investigation specialists to collect, authenticate,
process, and analyze electronic evidence stored on computers. There is new medical
evidence to suggest that patients like Terri do respond and are more
aware of their surroundings than previously thought.
Last month, the Supreme Court refused to get take the Schiavo case
by rejecting an appeal by the Florida Governor's office asking the
high court to reverse a decision declaring "Terri's Law" - a state law
that reinstated feeding and hydration measures - unconstitutional.

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The brief states: "Like the State's lawsuits against other Mobile
Bay producers , this case is a contract dispute masquerading as a fraud
action."
Since production began at Mobile Bay, the company has paid more
than $1 billion in royalty and lease payments directly to the state .5 million to
charitable, civic and educational organizations throughout Alabama. In
2003 and 2004 , the U.S.

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(See,
Socha-Gelbman, 2005 eDiscovery Industry Survey). We are examining
all legal options available - including returning to the U. On behalf of the Schindlers, the ACLJ urged
the state's highest court in Bush v.

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In 2003, a jury found that ExxonMobil committed fraud in the
calculation of royalties it paid the state on production from its
Mobile Bay natural gas wells.com

Jonathan Heit
(310) 496-4470
jonathan@allisonpr.

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S. In addition to
its court-recognized status as the leading computer forensics software for law
enforcement investigations, EnCase is the leading software for the collection
and preservation of computer evidence for purposes of eDiscovery .

Contact:
Cassondra Todd
(626) 229-9191 x185
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Court once again on behalf of Terri's parents.

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"We have no doubt that there is a presumption against
an award that has a 145-to-1 ratio. State , 2006 WL 561853,
the Court of Appeals of Texas affirmed the trial court's determination that
the EnCase software used by law enforcement investigators properly preserved,
authenticated and retrieved digital evidence from the appellant's computer.S. The brief also argued that the Florida Supreme
Court acted unconstitutionally in its decision when it determined that
once any court has issued a decree regarding the care and treatment of
an incompetent person, neither the legislature nor the executive
branch can take independent steps on behalf of the incompetent
person's welfare.

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The award resulted from a lawsuit
regarding payment of Mobile Bay Project royalties to the state.3d 309) from 2004 that also validated EnCase
software in a similar ruling and fact pattern..

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But there was no evidence of fraud, and
no basis for any punitive damages. The State could not prove and the
evidence they submitted does not prove fraud." ExxonMobil points out that the underlying lease
interpretation issues remain unresolved. The court's
ruling was intended to prevent large punitive damages awarded by
juries that bear little resemblance to actual damages.com

"The decision to remove the feeding tube is wrong and we will do
everything we can to assist the Florida attorneys representing Terri 's
parents to ensure that Terri remains alive.
In its brief filed at the Supreme Court, the ACLJ said the
decision by the Florida Supreme Court is an "astonishing and
unprecedented ruling" and encouraged the high court to send the case
back to the Florida Supreme Court for further clarification prior to
accepting the case.
Led by Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, the American Center for Law and
Justice specializes in constitutional law and the protection of human
life and is based in Washington , D. The ACLJ is online at
www.

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IRVING, Texas----Asserting the state
improperly turned a contract dispute into a fraud action , Exxon Mobil
Corporation (NYSE:XOM) asked the Alabama Supreme Court to overturn a
$3.
Punitive damages, when they are appropriate, must be both
reasonable and proportionate to the amount of harm to the plaintiffs
and to the general damages recovered, Justice Anthony M. and international courts over the past five
years, EnCase is the benchmark computer forensic software for all types of
computer investigations, from white collar crime to terrorism and eDiscovery,"
said John Colbert, CEO of Guidance Software. More than 20,000 investigators depend
on EnCase software, and more than 5,000 investigators attend Guidance
Software's forensic methodology training annually.
Governor Bush acting under "Terri's Law," ordered feeding and
hydration tubes to be restored to Terri after a Florida trial court
had ordered them removed.C.

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"Repeatedly upheld in U.W. Validated by numerous
courts worldwide, EnCase is also frequently honored with top security awards
from eWEEK, SC Magazine, Network Computing and others.

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The jury had to find that the company
committed fraud in order to award punitive damages. Supreme Court reversed a $145 million punitive
damages verdict against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. The court, in its recent published decision, noted that
"EnCase is a 'field standard' for forensic computer examination.. other courts may take judicial notice of the reliability (or
unreliability) of that particular methodology.