Modern investigations are changing rapidly, with challenges in
data volume, complexity, diversity and scarce resources forming a
perfect storm threatening to blow away investigative processes not
optimised for modern challenges.
The challenges of modern investigations involving the review of
communication and documents are forcing many in-house legal teams
and law firms to review their investigative practices.
Investigators are well aware of the challenges, and rarely is there
one standard type of investigation. There are formal regulatory
investigations, say for the ACCC or ASIC, employee relations
investigations, suspected IP theft or compliance investigations.
These may all require different processes, diverse data types, and
stakeholders. The methods used for investigating IP theft, for
instance, differ from that for employee relations breaches. Whether
your needs are to meet formal protocols or more straightforward
investigations that only need to uncover the