Tackling Legal Research Assignments for Private Investigators
When you first enter the law section of your local library you may feel overwhelmed at first….I know I did on my first research assignment at the University of Richmond Law Library. Don’t panic! There...
View ArticleShortcomings of Technology: The Corruption of Legal Research
By: Scott P. Stolley, Esq. “A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.” —Thomas Jefferson I have this dream—a nightmare really—like one of those dreams where you’re trapped in an...
View ArticleBuried Deep in Data? New Search Options Can Help
It could have happened to any insurance company at any time. Joe, not his real name, claimed he was disabled after a one-car accident. No one else was involved. Who’s to say he was wrong? Joe had the...
View ArticleISPLA Releases First National Legislation Tracking Website for Investigators
Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) is proud to announce that their exclusive, first of its kind, and real-time state and federal legislative tracking system for...
View ArticlePrivate Investigator Databases: What the GLBA Really Means to You
In the mid-1990s to early 2000’s, we entered an era when the “Information Age” precipitated a shift in the private investigations industry then made up largely of “Gumshoe Investigators” to one whose...
View ArticleData, Knowledge and the Private Investigator
I’m a reader. I tear through a magazine in a couple of hours, reading, consuming, and drinking in information. I like to discover what others are thinking, what topics are hot, what’s happening in the...
View ArticleBackground Investigation or “Reputational Due Diligence Model?”
An article in the last edition of a popular print-based magazine for private investigators called, “Evolving Background Checks into a Reputational Due Diligence Model,” while severely over-titled, is a...
View ArticleMarch 2011 American PI Podcast Features John Hoda on Missing Heir Research;...
The March 2011 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, opens with the API News Update with Mike McIntee. Next is an interview with John Hoda of Missing Heirs Finders...
View Article6 Simple Online Investigation Techniques for Private Investigators
Following article is going to cover certain basic investigative techniques such as discovering a person’s online aliases, digging deeper into leads (such as profile images), leveraging Google to...
View ArticleDigging for Facts: A Reporter’s Investigative Secrets
Investigators and archaeologists may use different tools, says this veteran reporter. But their methods are similar. The empty lot didn’t seem to offer many secrets. When a team of archeologists...
View Article6 Online Investigation Techniques for Private Investigators
Mastering a few basic online investigative techniques can open a floodgate of information. You can research a person’s online aliases, dig deeper into leads (such as profile images), leverage Google to...
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