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Qualified manager obligations, business entities and fictitious names, out-of-state agencies, liability and errors-and-omissions insurance, advertising and solicitation, billable time records, wages and personnel files.

Evaluating client objectives, declining illegal or unethical requests, hazard and risk assessment, use of subcontractors and experts, investigation plans and timelines, client contracts and retainer fees.

Data sources and verification, interviews and statements, background checks and record-access law, asset searches, due diligence, surveillance law and technique, skip tracing, incident scene evaluation.

Deductive and inductive analysis, case disposition, field note and evidence documentation, investigative report elements, defamation-safe writing, secure distribution, client review of findings.

Civil and criminal procedure, admissibility, trial exhibit preparation, evidence tampering and destruction, witness evaluation and preparation, obstruction of justice, service of process.

Responding to subpoenas and court orders, the attorney work-product rule and its limits, hearsay, privilege, types of testimony, evidence preservation and chain of custody.

BSIS firearms permits and use-of-force liability, private investigator scope of practice, professional conduct standards under BPC § 7539, reporting unlicensed or unregistered activity to BSIS.

Honesty and integrity, confidentiality of investigative documents, practising within scope of competence, managing personal bias and objectivity, conflicts of interest, acting in the interest of clients and the public.