Managing investigations or investigators is never easy. Litigating is never easy either. But, it does not have to be as hard as Uber made it, which included inflaming a judge as well as garnering it bad press. In 2015, when Uber got smacked with an anti-trust lawsuit, Uber retained an investigative firm to look into…
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, when speaking about the Iraq War, took a lot of “writ” for saying there are unknown unknowns and that the unknown unknowns are difficult to manage. No doubt it is a weird statement on its face. But, most folks who manage risk for a living understand that the unknown unknowns…
Most companies get questions and complaints from employees about illegal or unethical conduct. When an employee asks these types of questions or levies a complaint, it behooves the company to conduct an internal investigation to get to the bottom of the matter. When a company conducts these investigations employees are interviewed and corporate documents are…