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Social Media Investigations

Harnessing the social web has become an integral part of work for any investigator. So much information is being shared with smartphones and social media that it’s absolutely impossible to ignore. And the amount of data is growing every day. Social media content was at the forefront of a large-scale investigation we just wrapped up […]

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CAN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR BE HIRED ON A CONTINGENCY FEE BASIS

Not everyone has thousands of dollars to spend on legal and investigative fees, which is why we get asked quite often whether private investigators can work on a contingency fee basis. In fact, it is one of the most common questions we receive when interviewing clients about a new case. Can we conduct an investigation […]

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An investigator from Texas emailed last week me and asked me about what what she should charge an attorney client for a new line of work that she is getting in to. Pretty bold if you ask me, especially considering I have never met or heard of the person. I can’t really think of any […]

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Dear Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn (and any of the 1,827 social networks that I may – or may not have – have signed up for), Sorry. I know it’s kind of cowardly not do this face-to-face, but I don’t know any other way to do it. For four straight years of trying to win […]

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Few topics get me fired up as much as GPS tracking does. For those of you who don’t know what that is, a GPS tracking device allows you to attach a device to a car, or any other type of vehicle, and track the movements of an individual driving it. Effectively, you can stick a […]

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