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Last Friday, I hit up an EO event in Calabasas with Brian Smith, the founder of UGG. I expected a good talk… but got a great one wrapped in sheepskin. Fun fact: UGG made more in its first five years than Nike did in its first five. (Take that, swoosh.) [...]

30-50 million views and counting (23m on TikTok) — all because one man didn’t want to be seen on the Coldplay kiss cam with a woman who wasn’t his wife. It has been the subject of comments like, "Coldplay just released two singles!" And has turned the band into a [...]

Right now, the DOJ is currently investigating a 2022 acquisition of Mobileum, with H.I.G. Capital accusing Audax of fraudulently inflating the company’s financials before the sale, triggering a criminal probe amid heated lawsuits. I guess allegedly getting snookered into overpaying by a quarter billion might get anyone’s dander up. This [...]

We had a client who wanted to retrieve older text messages, but they were no longer on his iPhone. So we attempted to pull down his backup directly from iCloud, and there was none- he had not engaged his iCloud backup option on his iPhone. Lucky for us, and them, [...]

In the rush to automate, many firms are experimenting with AI tools to speed up background checks. Efficiency matters. But when it comes to vetting people in high-stakes deals, speed alone isn’t enough. Due diligence actually means: - Investigating reputational issues, not just searching keywords - Digging into undisclosed litigation, [...]