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Dechert partner sues corporate investigation firm for trespass and harassment
Corporate investigators placed camouflaged cameras on the property of a top partner at a US law firm and tried to gain access to a private Caribbean island where he was holidaying, according to a lawsuit filed in London.
In the latest claim to shed light on the murky world of corporate investigations, Neil Gerrard, co-head of white collar and securities litigation at Dechert, is suing Diligence International in a London court for alleged misuse of private information, trespass, harassment and data protection breaches. He and his wife are seeking as much as £100,000 in damages from the firm, which was founded by former intelligence officers.
At least two Diligence operatives have been questioned by British police in relation to Mr Gerrard’s allegations, according to the court documents. Diligence has worked on high-profile briefs such as tracing the assets of Mukhtar Ablyazov, the former Kazakh bank executive.
Just goes to show that it's not always "the government" spying.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: TheRepublicOfCanada
Just goes to show that it's not always "the government" spying.
Well, "the government" is always spying, it's just whether or not you're worth looking at.
But yes, there is plenty of corporate espionage, cases in every of the 50 states dealing with Chinese nationals trying to steal proprietary secrets.
And then there is what you're talking about, private investigations, often by a private intel company from your same country, or an allied.