In recently deciding CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries, the U.S. Supreme Court takes a surprising excursion back to the Civil War era and examines the Nation’s first major civil rights law¾ the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The case raises the issue: does the Act’s first section (now codified as 42 U.S.C. 1981), guaranteeing equality [...]

Yesterday BCI hosted a very successful event, “IT Forensics & the World of Corporate Investigations”, in partnership with the Colorado Software & Internet Association (CSIA). Thirty-five people attended the event and were provided lunches and a chance to network before and after the presentation. A special thanks to our CEO Gene Ferraro who stepped in [...]

Using a plausible but false assertion to conceal one’s true purpose or intent has been an acceptable method of investigation for investigators for more than 100 years. Not until a small group of contractors working for Hewlett-Packard misused this valuable tool in 2006, did lawmakers or anyone else even take notice of it. Since then, [...]