Following is an entry from our firm’s website originally published in September 2009 and, we think, timely. Plenty of people – even sophisticated lawyers – sometimes ask us in the course of an investigation: “Can you get me his phone or medical records?” The answer for anyone interested in staying out of jail is no. […]
We’ve written before here and here about the limitations of Google. So much of what we think we can find on Google is not there because it was never on the internet, or can disappear from Google’s results from one hour to the next. Now comes a study conducted at Columbia University and reported in […]
Memo to federal regulators: it’s not enough to impose fines; you have to make sure you collect them if you want people to be afraid of you. The same goes for private litigants thinking of suing to collect money they’re owed. Without chance of collection, what’s the point? The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday […]
What do the woes of a bunch of banks in foreign markets have to say about lawyers and fact investigation? Plenty, because banks and investigation are after the same kind of thing as other types of fact gatherers. Banks get as much information as they can before deciding to take a risk, just as companies […]
With all the focus on tech IPOs that reward gaming and chatting, it’s nice to see a company dedicated to privacy getting a little of bit of venture cash behind it. With just $1.5 million raised so far, CertiVox is still a tech minnow, but its idea is a solid one: people need to be […]
One thing we always tell new clients: there is no such thing as a “local” investigation. A Russian guy in L.A. means you could be dealing with a Nevada corporation in addition to Russia and California. An apartment in Miami may be owned by a British Virgin Islands company. That’s a good thing to remember […]
If 90% of U.S. companies are falling victim to computer hackers, according to a new Ponemon Institute study, is it that the companies are woefully unprepared or are the hackers are particularly smart? Looks like this one is on the companies. A research center dedicated to privacy and data protection, Ponemon looked at 583 U.S. […]
A chilling story in the Wall Street Journal’s Digits Blog yesterday told us that LinkedIn, Netflix and Foursquare “stored various forms of users’ personal data in plain text on a mobile device, putting sensitive information at risk to computer criminals.” As if to confirm worst-case scenarios, Citibank then revealed that hackers have accessed the accounts […]
Imagine this: You have an iPhone, iPad and Mac computer. You use all three devices mostly for personal home use, but you also receive work e-mail on them. Medical records, tax returns, and other confidential information goes on these devices. They all sync amongst themselves and you’ve just started using Apple’s new server farm, iCloud. […]
There was a letter in this week’s edition of Barron’s that said, “Lawyers look backward to precedent. Innovators assiduously look forward and avoid precedent. The two mindsets are antithetical.” The letter is about why lawyers at the SEC can’t keep up with the advanced math and technology that hatches new ways to beat out ordinary […]
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