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What to ask when you’re hiring a private investigator All PIs are not alike. Find the right firm by asking the right questions. Hiring a private investigations firm can feel daunting. It’s a field most people know little about beyond TV shows and movies. When it comes...

Anatomy of a Scam We break down a huge financial scam: the $4.5B looting of a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, leading to the conviction of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng last month. There’s garden-variety embezzlement, and then there’s the massive scheme...

Something was off with Everything-PR A public relations executive wanted to know who was defaming his agency using a phony website. We figured it out. For years, PR industry news site Everything-PR, founded by a husband-and-wife team in 2009, dashed off reviews of...

Unraveling the truth behind false confessions False confessions are unsettlingly common. What’s harder is going back to the facts of the case to find out what really happened.   “Alarm bells should go off when [you] see a confession case,” says Saul Kassin,...

November 2021 2022 litigation trends to watch Covid and the workplace are set to collide in the new year.     As we look around the corner to 2022 trends that will matter, it’s safe to say Covid-related issues will continue to dominate headlines — and...

Is a defendant worth suing? You may have a case, but what if the person you’re suing has no assets? An asset search can help you decide what to do. We’ve seen more requests for asset searches lately, and their open-ended nature is what makes them so interesting. Every...

September 2021 The art of discretion: How covert does your investigation need to be? It's a question we always ask our clients. “What if the person you want to investigate learns about the investigation?” It’s a question we always ask our clients. After all, there’s...

When a request comes in, our first question is, “What’s the most important thing you want to know?” The reason we ask is not to limit your investigation or look for things that aren’t there, but to focus the investigation in the exact direction you need it to go.

July 2021 M&As: The background work that’s keeping us busy Global M&A and IPO activity continues to explode in 2021, creating an influx of investigative work at Waterfront Intelligence this year. Our background research helps dealmakers understand the...

May 2021 Brand confusion: A story of eliminating trademark infringement It was a heady time for the growing software company as it prepared to open a new office in India. Then disaster struck: the CEO discovered the company’s products were already listed for sale on...