PI News Round-up - July 15, 2010

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July 15, 2010

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PI Puts Focus on Research
REDLANDS, CA – PI Bill Rhetts believes that the core of his job is research – whether through field work or technology. After working as a police officer for more than two decades, Rhetts began his own PI firm, Hi-Caliber Investigations, in 2003.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Redlands Daily Facts, July 7, 2010

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7 Tips for Private Investigators Looking to Offer Intellectual Property Investigations

If you would like to offer IP investigation services, you need to be aware of certain issues. Even if you are not thinking about offering this service, you never know when you will encounter a potential client with IP problems. Stuart Drobny of Stumar Investigations admits that he got involved in IP investigations by accident when a client approached him and he had never done IP investigations before. The same could happen to you.

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Director Admits to Lying in PI Case
HOLLYWOOD, CA – This week, director John McTiernan – known for his work on films such as “The Hunt for Red October,” “Die Hard,” and “Predator “ – pleaded guilty to lying about a PI. McTiernan has admitted to lying to FBI agents about hiring PI Anthony Pellican for $50,000 to wiretap the phone of producer Charles Roven. McTiernan now faces up to a $100, 000 fine and one year in prison.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Bloomberg, July 12, 2010

Parents Raise Privacy Issues
SPARTANBURG, SC – A parent whose child attends Pine Street Elementary in Spartanburg District 7 voiced privacy concerns to a local media outlet recently after the school posted lists with student information on the front doors of the school building. Channel 7 contacted PI Ken Walter of Carolina Investigations, Inc. about the list and he agreed that it was a privacy issue and a risk.
	Read full article and comment	Source: ABC News, July 13, 2010

Social Networking Continues Being a Boon to PIs
ORLANDO, FL – Attorneys and PIs have been noting for some time that in many cases, social networking sites such as Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket and MySpace are being used as investigative tools in insurance fraud cases, divorce cases, child support cases as well as other investigations. In many cases, experts agree, photos tend to be the most damaging.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Orlando Sentinel, July 12, 2010