Have Anti-Corruption Campaigns Peaked?
Investigations cost money. The harder it is to find facts, the more you have to spend to figure out what’s going on. Is that why the fight against overseas bribery may be reaching a plateau? I have long believed that most corruption cases…
The Rajaratnam Wiretaps: A New CSI Effect?
Will the costly wiretaps that were essential in convicting Raj Rajaratnam of insider trading lead to a “CSI effect” in white collar crime? After Rajaratnam’s conviction, The Associated Press quoted plenty of lawyers as saying…
Is Apple Changing Its Story on User Tracking?
Two weeks ago, Apple and Google were called to answer growing concerns over privacy practices before Senate lawmakers. Today, executives from both companies responded to questions in a Senate hearing, but did little to alleviate our fears of…
Predicted New Closing Date for Guantanamo: Never
This blog takes no position on what happens inside the walls at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But as we tell people every day, there is often no substitute for talking to people when you want to find out facts.
The ability to locate Osama bin Laden…
The Silence of the Communicators
Apple, Google and Amazon are in the communications business, but their leaders all need to take some courses at Hamburger University to learn how to communicate with their customers. Any trial lawyer or investigator will tell you that WHEN something…
RFID Tags – The Invisible Threat
While the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether it’s lawful to covertly track a suspected felon through warrantless GPS monitoring (see April 15, 2011 petition here), the European Commission is tackling a more powerful, already implemented…
The Match.com Suit and the Risks of Online Dating
I have no feeling on which way the new lawsuit against Match.com, reported here at the Huffington Post will (or should) turn out, but the case highlights a feature of online dating that has puzzled me for some time. According to the report,…
How to Spot a Fake Law Firm
The appears to be a fake law firm holding itself out as operating in New York, according to a report in the ABA Journal.
Why someone (either a criminal or a government operator conducting a sting) would want to invent a law firm is not hard…
Protecting Yourself from the Internet
Protecting Yourself from the Internet. It’s time to face it: the internet is watching you. Have you ever noticed that if you search for a product online or if your e-mail inbox has a purchase confirmation that the advertising on certain…
Is Warren Buffett Telling the Truth?
Is Warren Buffett Telling the Truth? I have been trying to figure out what is so disturbing about the exit of David Sokol, Warren Buffett’s former heir-apparent, who submitted a letter of resignation last week that gave vague reasons about…
