Don’t Always Trust a Database Report

Have you ever declined a substantial injury case because you felt the adverse party did not have sufficient coverage? Perhaps you’re a busy trial lawyer who has delegated to your paralegal the task of running a proprietary database report (Accurint or Lexis/Nexis).  A...

Case study: Don’t Throw Away a $100,000 Case

The attorney represented a client who was seriously injured in a vehicle accident as the result of the defendant’s negligence. The coverage was limited.   However, knowing that the driver’s home address was in a northeast resort town, the attorney suspected the...

Do the “Due” (Diligence)

In these challenging financial times, we’ve received a lot of requests to “find the money.” Investments were made in promising enterprises that failed. Now the lawyers are called in to survey the damages and recover what they can. Often, there is nothing to find....

Due Diligence Case Studies

Credit Line A South American investor sought approval of a multi-million dollar credit line from a local financial institution. Assets listed included a manufacturing facility in the investor’s home country, and the client was seeking verification of the facility’s...