Your image used to be yours or maybe appearing in some family videos or old photos. But technology tools like PimEyes, which was created to curb the use of copyrighted images on the web, can have other uses in investigations. Some of these use can cause real pain like the case of Cher Scarlett recently […]
“Red Bull Gives You Wings,” according the popular energy drink’s slogan. But some Red Bull employees on the company’s Formula One racing team may have given Aston Martin a little bit more, prompting an internal investigation to find a suspected IP leak. According to news sources, an updated design was unveiled by Aston Martin prior […]
A squabble about a check turned physical in a Louisiana law office as Corey Orgeron and one of his clients came to blows. The matter is set for a bench trial this week as the court investigates both sides of a very confusing story. According to sources, both men blame the other for starting the […]
In Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, we’ve seen twists, turns, suspense and drama. We’ve also seen how investigations can be used to raise or lower the stakes during the course of a trial. Just to catch everyone up, In 2012, Depp and Heard started dating. In 2014 they were engaged, and […]
If you’re abusing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and you know it, clap your hands…. Hopefully you’re hearing silence, but you never know. Yes, this can be a very tricky problem for employers—and specifically HR. Employers don’t really want to accuse an employee without cause, but they don’t want anyone taking advantage of […]
A five-year investigation into the Irish Mob Gang has led to 125 convictions in multiple federal cases. Over the course of the investigation, federal, state, and local law enforcement used various investigative tools and techniques, including a dozen court-approved wire taps on phones used by the prison gang network. Officials say more than half of […]
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sometimes gets a bad rap. And they actually have several BIG jobs to figure out. In addition to the one that makes national news frequently, US CPB is ALSO the primary federal agency responsible for addressing counterfeit goods at the United States border. All persons, baggage and merchandise entering […]
Wait, so we can’t have 14-year-olds running the power-driven dough mixer? Just imagine the looks on the faces of investigators from the Labor Department looking into violations the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division at a Cinnabon and Auntie Anne’s franchise in Virginia recently. Well, that store is now facing tens of thousands […]
The State of New York has made some criminal-justice reforms that many say are letting domestic-violence offenders walk on technicalities. Criminal Procedure Law Article 245 (Discovery), which took effect in Jan. of 2020, established new, accelerated timeframes for the sharing of evidence between the prosecution and defense during the pretrial period. The law requires automatic […]
The role of the private investigator has changed. In the past a Private Investigator was typically a sleuthy, camera toting smoother talker who was probably an ex-cop. The private investigator of the past was the gateway to restricted information only found in databases accessible by law enforcement. The ideas was that Private Investigators were called […]