Building an Unbreakable Case with Bulletproof Digital Evidence

When Digital Evidence Makes the Difference

In the age of online platforms, what’s published to the web can easily become central to a legal strategy. In 2019, a prominent European professional association faced a daunting challenge: vast evidence of law violations was buried across millions of pages on a major US tech company’s online platform. No ordinary approach would suffice—what was needed was courtroom-grade web data, collected and documented with absolute rigor.

Meeting the Highest Standards of Admissibility

Stratalis was brought in for one reason: our ability to deliver digital evidence that meets the strictest standards of legal scrutiny. Lawyers know that, in court, digital evidence must withstand both technical and procedural challenges. It must be accompanied by clear documentation—provable, repeatable, and independently verifiable.

Our solution began with consultation alongside expert witnesses, defining exactly how the evidence must be gathered, stored, and documented to satisfy the toughest legal standards. Every step needed to be open to outside inspection. Every screenshot had to clearly show a violation, defensible in front of any regulator or courtroom adversary.

A Two-Phased, Tamper-Proof Approach

The first phase was broad: Stratalis engineered a custom crawler able to harvest every relevant violation scattered across millions of web pages. Not a single instance was missed; every breach was catalogued.

In the second phase, we shifted to a fully transparent process:

• Stratalis delivered a custom data-collection program
• The code was available for third-party review
• All processing happened on a machine under the client law firm’s control—well away from our own systems
• For every web page flagged, the system took a full screenshot, linking each violation to irrefutable visual proof

By putting the evidence pipeline in the client’s hands and making every step auditable, we ensured the data chain could be verified by any outside expert—a requirement those familiar with digital forensics and legal procedure will recognize.

Tangible Results. Substantial Impact.

The result? The client’s legal team walked into proceedings with a literal stack of evidence a meter high: screenshot-by-screenshot proof, mapped directly to legal provisions. The authorities faced overwhelming, irrefutable documentation—so compelling that they acted decisively. The case never made it to a civil courtroom: the platform and its industry peers opted to comply rather than face sanctions. Violations dropped, and practices across the sector improved.

Build Legal Strategies that Prevail—With Evidence No One Can Dismiss

Courts demand evidence that stands up to the harshest scrutiny. With Stratalis, law firms and legal teams can present digital proof that’s not just compelling—it’s unassailable.

Want to ensure your next case is built on evidence that endures?