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Investigations

Rapid response when the incident carries legal risk.

What is investigations at iDS?

Investigations at iDS means rapid response when the incident carries legal risk. Our Special Investigations Unit responds to criminal acts, government investigations, employee misconduct, and urgent internal matters. We pair investigative instinct with the evidentiary discipline that keeps findings usable later, and establish how much can be shown rather than inferred.

The questions we answer

  • What happened, and who was involved?
  • How much of it can be established rather than inferred?

How we work

Our Special Investigations Unit responds to criminal acts, government investigations, employee misconduct, and urgent internal matters. Investigative instinct paired with the evidentiary discipline that keeps findings usable later.

What you receive

Findings, a documented investigative record, and privilege-aware reporting built to survive later scrutiny.

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Frequently asked questions

What kinds of matters does the iDS Special Investigations Unit handle?

Our Special Investigations Unit responds to criminal acts, government investigations, employee misconduct, and urgent internal matters, when the incident carries legal risk. The work pairs investigative instinct with the evidentiary discipline that keeps findings usable later, so you learn what happened, who was involved, and how much can be established rather than inferred.

How quickly can an investigation produce findings?

The unit is built for rapid response, and timing depends on the matter. In one matter, findings within one week supported a TRO, an injunction, and a favorable settlement. In an internal investigation of inappropriate access to a company system, 150 users were analyzed covertly within a week, and no breach notification was required.

Will the investigation findings hold up if the matter is litigated later?

They are built for that. You receive findings, a documented investigative record, and privilege-aware reporting built to survive later scrutiny. Investigative instinct is paired with the evidentiary discipline that keeps findings usable later, and the same firm can provide expert testimony if the matter becomes a dispute.

Can data show what an employee was actually doing on company time?

In one matter, analysis of the data showed half the workday went to non-work activity, and the lawsuit was dropped. In another, the analysis showed internet filtering software worked as designed and the activity happened on a personal device. In both, findings were stated as what the data established rather than what was inferred.

You do not have to know which discipline you need. Tell us what you are trying to establish and we will tell you which of these it takes, or that it does not take us at all.

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What is at stake

The earlier you understand the evidence, the better the decisions that follow.

The evidence is abundant. But volume is not access. Access is not understanding. And understanding is not an expert opinion.

Increasingly, evidence is buried across devices, applications, databases, cloud systems, transactions, and other complex sources. It must be found, preserved, made accessible, understood, and interpreted in the context of the matter. And when expert testimony is required, that understanding must support an independent, defensible opinion.

When important evidence surfaces late, assumptions may already have become strategy. When it is identified, tested, and understood early, your team can build its strategy around what can actually be shown. This isn’t just for trial. It is also for TROs, letters rogatory, discovery requests, subpoenas, depositions, summary judgment, mediation, and arbitration.

You bring the legal expertise. We bring the evidence expertise.

iDS combines technical, analytical, and subject-matter expertise to help you move from evidence to understanding, and, when necessary, from understanding to opinion and testimony.

You know the law. We help you know the evidence.

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Tell us what you need to establish. We will tell you what the evidence shows, what it does not, and what it means for your case.

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