There was a letter awhile back in Barron’s that said, “Lawyers look backward to precedent. Innovators assiduously look forward and avoid precedent. The two mindsets are antithetical.” The letter was about why lawyers at the SEC can’t keep up with the advanced math and technology that hatches new ways to beat out ordinary retail investors, […]
Millions of Americans sat down this weekend to contemplate plunging stock markets and depleted retirement accounts. For those thinking about divorce, the need to know more about the other side’s hidden assets just got more urgent. It happens all the time: Wife and her financial advisor decide that she needs a certain amount of money […]
If investigation simply meant following people around or pulling information off easy-to-use databases, an investigator would not need a ton of imagination. But tough cases can turn on an investigator thinking, “I should be seeing X but I’m not.” Why would a money manager for very rich people have an office in that part of […]
Back in 2011 we wrote that Google is not a substitute for thinking, after Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said in an interview that Google aims to “compute the right answer” to questions typed in by users rather than just provide links. Now 14 years later, instead of giving you links at the top of a […]
I do some of my most satisfying work in the area of divorce. People (usually women) are often afraid as they navigate what for many of them is the worst thing that’s ever happened to them. In a contested divorce, not only are they battling the person they once loved and trusted, but the future […]
Would you want someone working for you who regularly hallucinates on the job? If I ran an ad agency, I might want such a person. Maybe he could dream up a series of ads in which a guy and an emu run around telling people about insurance. But if you are lawyer, do you want […]
Clients usually ask me three questions about a divorce asset search: “What do you need from me to get started?” “What can you find?” This is often followed with, “I really want bank and brokerage accounts.” “How long does it take?” Here is what I tell them: What do I need? Give me as much […]
There is no shortage of outrage in the world. I suspect it’s always been like this, but it was harder to share it with everyone else before most of us started making instant movies of our lives, to be distributed to millions for almost no money. Many of us have causes dear to our hearts […]
If you’re thinking that you may be divorced in the near or medium term, the answer isn’t necessarily “start now,” but it’s not too early to start organizing your information. Step 1: What Do I Know, and What is Missing? It’s never too early to be truthful with yourself and if necessary, to admit that […]
Two of the best ways of explaining why a Google search is never enough in an investigation is to remind people that Google is not a neutral distributor of facts, and that it is a tool for thinkers, not a substitute for thinking. I’ve been writing and speaking on this theme for years, but now […]
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