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Sexual Misconduct: Spotting Harassers Before They Come in the Door
Share: This report can also be downloaded as a PDF here. By: Kelsey Froehlich and Clancy Nolan When companies commit to new hires, they are exposing...
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Transparency in Investigations: 5 Questions to Ask an Investigator
Share: You can download a copy of this report as a PDF here. David Brooks has argued (The Atlantic) that for the past few decades the U.S. has...
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How Creditors Can Prepare for the Imminent Insolvency Tidal Wave
By: Christopher Weil This article was originally published in the 6th issue of ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE magazine. As the pandemic upended the global...
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Background Checking: Background Checks Beyond the Public Domain
By: Mintz Group Share: AESC published our article discussing our key to conducting background checks that extend beyond the public domain. The...
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Litigation Funding 2.0: Where in the World is Raj?
By: Ian Casewell Share: Originally published by Legal Era Today, it’s possible to raise capital from investors to fund litigation just as you would...
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Mintz Group’s 10-Year Investigation Helps Free Wrongfully Convicted Man
On September 13, 2019, Pablo Fernandez walked out of a Manhattan courtroom a free man after spending 24 years in prison for a murder he did not...
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Accountant Due Diligence: Proper Diligence on the Accountant Would Have Prevented the Problem
One lesson of the scandal at a downtown public-improvement agency in Texas is a basic one: It’s a good idea to perform a background check before...
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Care.com Nailed for Shallow Due-Diligence
Looking back, it seems as though Care.com, a company that offers online listings of babysitters and other caregivers, was taking big risks by doing...
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Background Checking for Sexual Harassment: How a Background Check Missed a Man’s “Very Long History Abusing Women”
It’s pointless to check the criminal record of a job applicant only in the immediate area where the prospective employee lives; because of people’s...
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Inside a law firm’s vetting of clients
The “Paradise Papers,” a cache of 6.8-million internal documents of the Bermuda-based Appleby law firmleaked to the International Consortium of...