All Posts Tagged With: "law"
Private 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 population was being replaced by a new age of “Internet Investigators.” Database companies were just starting to come online and I remember gaining [...]
3Mar2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
Pretext: An Essential Recognized Investigative Technique
Recently the media reported on a $1.8 million verdict in an invasion of privacy lawsuit in Cook County, Illinois. The plaintiff, involved in litigation against her former employer, became the subject of a private investigation by a detective agency hired by her former employer, a defendant in the action. Some of the facts are like [...]
22Dec2009 | ISPLA | 3 comments | Continued
When Does Surveillance Become Stalking?
Surveillance is a critical skill for any private investigator (PI). In our investigative agency, over half our cases, from criminal defense to personal injury, require some degree of surveillance. For PIs who specialize in insurance or infidelity investigations, surveillance can be the bulk of their work.
Sometimes the issue arises of when legal, permitted surveillance crosses [...]
ISPLA Fall 2009 Currently Pending Legislation and House Bills
Dear Investigation and Security Professionals,
During September, ISPLA representatives met in Washington, DC with Congressional sponsors, or their staff, regarding each of the following House bills, except for the Employee Free Choice Act; that legislation will be resolved in the Senate.
Privacy advocates are aggressively pushing their agenda with continued efforts to close investigative and security professionals’ [...]
ISPLA 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 the investigative and security professions is now open online to all for a limited time.
To view and use this great system, go to Legislation Tracking
This is a [...]
ISPLA Bill Watch – 2009 Legislation Affecting Private Investigators
Time to get involved and make a difference!
Dear Friends and Members of ISPLA,
As individuals, we don’t have much of a voice regarding the things that affect our businesses directly. Now we can. ISPLA is that voice! But we need your help.
Collectively we want to watch the bills below and get all our colleagues [...]
Enforcing Civil Judgments in a Debtor-Friendly Climate
Has anyone ever owed you money? Most of us have at some point been faced with an unpaid debt. After exhausting all traditional methods of debt recovery, the next logical step is to use our legal system to further pursue collection.
After winning a judgment, for a lucky few the debtor will pay. Unfortunately, for the [...]
Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA)
Investigative and Security Professionals:
Never before has the security and investigative industries faced so many legal threats to their ability to do business. It is expected that the 111th Congress, supported by privacy advocates and consumer and labor organizations, is set to introduce legislation that will curtail access to database information and call for the redaction [...]
The Louisiana Anti-Caller ID Spoofing Act Will Affect LA Private Investigators
The Louisiana state legislature is currently considering making the use of “Caller ID Spoofing” illegal within the state through a bill introduced by State Senator Neil Riser titled the “Louisiana Anti-Caller ID Spoofing Act.” Currently, LA private investigators are not exempted from the Act.
The “Anti-Caller ID Spoofing Act” is intended to protect Louisiana citizens [...]
Bail Enforcement Licensing in Michigan and the “Professional Investigator Licensure Act”
Right now there is some question concerning whether or not one needs to hold a “professional investigator’s license” in order to bounty hunt in Michigan as a result of the newly amended “Professional Investigator Licensure Act” (Michigan Penal Code Section 750.167b).
I’ve read the “Professional Investigator Licensure Act” which went into effect in May of 2008. [...]
Service of Process Via Email
Northern Virginia Judge Considering Service of Process Via E-mail
Service of process via e-mail is not just gaining acceptance in Australia (read our previous article regarding serving process through Facebook). Now, several Virginia attorneys are hoping they will be able to convince a Federal District Court Judge to approve a motion to serve a summons [...]
Texas Private Investigators and Computer Technicians to be Addressed in 2009
Texas House Bill 2833 to be Addressed in the 2009 Legislative Session
Under current language, Texas house bill 2833 can be easily interpreted, and has been interpreted by many in our industry, to read that Texas computer technicians must be licensed as private investigators.
Shortcomings 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 embarrassing or compromising position. In this dream, I walk into my law firm’s library, and the shelves and books are gone. Instead, I see rows of keyboards [...]
5Jan2009 | admin | 2 comments | ContinuedTackling 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 are many ways to tackle the problem and there is really no right or wrong way to begin, but that [...]
11Dec2008 | Stephanie Mitchell | 1 comment | Continued
