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The Cosby Trial’s Lesson: Evidence is Good, Admissible Evidence is Better
One lawyer we know has a stock answer when clients ask him how good their case is: “I don’t know. The courts are the most lawless place in America.”
What he means is that even though the law is supposed to foster predictability so that…
EB-5 Visa Due Diligence: How to Spot the Warning Signs of Fraud
Another EB-5 visa fraud, more burned investors. For people outside the United States trying to pick a reputable investment that will get them permanent residency in the U.S., sorting through hundreds of projects is often the hardest part of…
Is Your Law Firm Creative Enough? If Yes, Guess Again
We don’t usually think of the law as the place our most creative people go. Lawyers with a creative bent often drift into business, where a higher risk tolerance is often required to make a success of yourself. Some of our greatest writers…
Due Diligence When Databases Fail
What to do when the databases you rely on start stripping out the very data you are paying for?
Word in today’s Wall Street Journal that the main credit reporting firms will be removing many civil judgments and tax liens from credit reports…
The Yelp Defense: Internet Garbage Isn’t Our Problem
When your defense is that the law allows you to publish garbage without fear of prosecution, one takeaway is simple: the internet is filled with garbage that needs to be well verified before you rely on it.
This blog thinks the Ninth Circuit…
Brexit’s Prediction Lesson for Investigators
What lesson does the Brexit vote hold for anyone conducting or contemplating fact investigation?
Don’t let confirmation bias muddy your thinking.
One of the key “Investigator’s Enemies” identified in my book, The Art of Fact Investigation,…
How to Improve Your Privacy by Staying Off Databases
A reader of my new book, The Art of Fact Investigation, suggested that for the next edition there should be a chapter about legal ways to “hide from snoopers, private and public sector. I am probably not the only one who was thinking as I…
The Spokeo Lawsuit: Databases Are Riddled With Errors
Spokeo and other low-cost or free information sites on the web spew out a lot of garbage, and that can do a lot of harm. This blog takes no position on whether a private right of action exists under the Fair Credit Reporting Act even when no…
