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10 Tips from 10+ years of Workplace (and School) Investigations

As we approach the 11th anniversary of the founding of Hulst & Handler LLP, we’re sharing a few top tips for useful and reliable investigations.  We hope these observations are helpful for attorneys who manage investigations, our investigator community, and anybody interested in investigations. Maintain the independence and integrity of the investigation. Investigators are engaged …

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What is GenAI’s role in workplace investigations?

There’s lots of buzz about Generative AI (GenAI), artificial intelligence that uses machine learning models to analyze large amounts of data and learn patterns to generate new content. In this article, we examine how GenAI might appropriately support investigators and what concerns we should have about using GenAI in workplace investigations. GenAI’s primary benefit to …

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Evolving Investigations in the New Reality of Covid-19

Despite ongoing shelter-in-place orders around our state, complaints still arise that require workplace investigations. However, as Covid-19 continues to change our world, the nature of complaints is shifting, and new methods of investigation may remain for the foreseeable future. We previously anticipated that with large numbers of employees working remotely and a shrinking economy, employees …

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COVID-19: Investigations Go Remote

We are a week into our new shared reality of sheltering in place, limiting our excursions outside to what is essential, and practicing social distancing, while banding together in community to face an unprecedented pandemic. Our primary concern, and yours, should be the health and wellbeing of loved ones and those in our community who …

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