GObackgrounds.com

Mandated Court Closures in CA

By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. First the CA DMV workers were furloughed every other Friday, now all CA courts will be closed on the third Wednesday of each month due to the economic crisis, from September 2009 through June 2010. Expect some delays in your CA background checks. For further details, visit the state courts website at http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/.

7 Common Sense Tips for Employers

By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com Here’s a list that we have put together from the many years of being in business. The list is simple, but highly effective. 1. Never fire or discipline an employee alone. Always have a witness, by doing so you eliminate the he said-she said defense. 2. Never write comments on the employment application and/or résumé. These documents are subject to subpoena and could end up in court. Here are some examples of what we’ve seen over the years: Family man, 4 kids, going through a divorce, health (...)

Corporate Con-Artist: Lenny Dykstra?

By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com Former Major League Baseball player Leonard “Lenny” Kyle Dykstra is facing bankruptcy.  Not a very interesting story considering these uncertain economic times.  However, when digging deeper it appears that Mr. Dykstra is exhibiting all the attributes of a Corporate Con-Artist.  I discuss this technique of the Corporate Con on the Due Diligence page of our website.  What is interesting about this case is that Mr. Dykstra is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which is the reorganization of a company, but the judge (...)

Video: Client User Account > My Account > Accounting

GObackgrounds.com 1-888-GOBACK-1 | service@GObackgrounds.com Running Time: 1:21 We have uploaded a new video, which is a general overview of the Classic View Client User Account > My Account > Accounting. We will be adding additional videos on the Client User Account and other important topics realting to the background check or due diligence industry over the next several weeks.    

Quality v. Quantity

By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com I was having dinner on Saturday (08/23/09) with Scott Vanek of SJV Associates.  He was in Southern California visiting clients and I was on his whistle stop tour.  Over the course of dinner we discussed the quality versus quantity issue when it comes to an investigative boutique firm like GObackgrounds.com and the high-flying information brokers.  Scott’s firm handles all of GObackgrounds.com’s County Criminal and County Civil searches throughout the U.S.  We went exclusively with SJV Associates a couple of years ago because it (...)