Tag Archive for: investigation
The One Thing You Wish Your Clients Had Already Done
A favorite question of mine when I talk to other professionals is: “You’ve been doing this a long time, you see patterns. What do you most often say to your clients (or wish you could say) about how they could have helped themselves before…
The Courage to Investigate and Leave AI Behind
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…
Why I Love Working with Divorce Financial Analysts
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…
How to Start a Divorce Asset Search
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…
AI and Google: Not so Different from an Investigative Perspective
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…
Due Diligence: Waiting One Week Could Save You Millions
Sometimes in business, there is a tendency to act now before an opportunity passes you by. Hire the candidate before they get away; commit $2 million to the syndicate by Friday or lose the deal.
What sometimes gets lost in the desperation…
Saving Money on Due Diligence: Look at the People First, Not Last
You are the Chief Investment Officer screening possible targets for a $5 million investment in a non-public asset. Whether you work at a family office, a private equity fund or somewhere else, the prospective deal flow should be coming at you…
Finding Banks to Subpoena Instead of Breaking the Law
We’ve written before about the illegal trade in bank account information that a lot of investigators and lawyers get mixed up in. See for instance That Bank Account Information Your Investigator Got? Probably a Crime.
Without a court…
The Epstein Appointment Book Story: This is What Due Diligence Looks Like
For those of us who thought Jeffrey Epstein probably had a larger group of rich and powerful acquaintances than we had known about, the Wall Street Journal appears to have proven us right.
A story over the weekend says the following…
Cheating, Grade Inflation, AI – What Smart Job Screeners Need to Do Next
Hiring good people is getting a lot harder, and not just because there are fewer candidates in a lot of industries. With AI-enabled cheating, grade inflation, and the shunning of standardized tests by colleges and graduate schools, how is a…
