Internal investigation support
Background, social, and field workups in support of internal investigations — employee misconduct, theft, policy violations, harassment, IP leak. Engagements run under privilege when directed by counsel.
For Corporate Counsel
Investigations the law department actually runs.
OnTrial supports in-house counsel and compliance teams with internal investigations, third-party and vendor due diligence, executive appointment screening, anti-corruption diligence, IP and trade secret leak investigation, and whistleblower complaint review.
Built to satisfy the AI-use, data-handling, and vendor-management provisions in modern outside counsel guidelines.
The work
What the law department actually asks for.
Third-party & vendor diligence
Pre-engagement diligence on vendors, counterparties, and third-party intermediaries. Identity, criminal, civil, watchlist, regulatory, and adverse-media screening. Beneficial-ownership mapping on opaque structures.
Executive appointment screening
Pre-appointment background investigations on senior hires, directors, and key advisors. Prior-litigation surface, regulatory history, and reputational signals beyond what a standard employment background covers.
Anti-corruption diligence
FCPA and UK Bribery Act-aligned third-party diligence — PEP identification, beneficial-ownership unwinding, adverse-media screening, and source-of-wealth signals on international counterparties.
IP & trade secret leak investigation
Departing-employee investigation, post-employment activity documentation, and social media archive capture — supporting injunctive-relief motions and damages assessment.
Whistleblower & hotline complaint investigation
Subject workups and background investigation in support of internal whistleblower and hotline-complaint review. Discreet, analyst-verified, with chain-of-custody documentation preserved for downstream regulatory or litigation use.
Outside counsel guideline alignment
Mapped to the provisions your OCG asks for.
AI-use disclosure, data segregation, no cross-client data reuse, named human accountability, documented audit trail. Each one mapped explicitly on the AI Governance page — procurement-reviewable documentation available on request.
Typical engagements
The matters OnTrial supports.
- Pre-appointment executive screening
- Internal misconduct & whistleblower investigation
- Third-party / vendor due diligence
- FCPA / anti-corruption due diligence on counterparties
- IP and trade secret leak investigation
- Departing-employee post-employment activity workups
- Employment defense investigation
- Insurance recovery support on first-party loss
The operating discipline
Enterprise-grade by design.
Every internal role at OnTrial is held by a veteran of the U.S. military, federal law enforcement, or state / municipal law enforcement — by mandate. Every finding analyst-verified. SOC 2 Type II, FCRA, GLBA, CCPA compliant. AI governance posture documented — see AI Governance and Data Security. California Private Investigator License 189000.
FAQ
For corporate counsel, specifically.
- Can OnTrial run an internal investigation under attorney work product?
- Yes. Engagements run at the direction of counsel can be framed as work product. OnTrial supports work-product formatting on request and operates with documented chain of custody so findings hold up if disclosure later becomes appropriate.
- Does OnTrial meet outside counsel guideline AI use provisions?
- Yes. Client data is never used to train any model. Human-in-the-loop on every finding. Auditable workflows with documented chain of custody. Built specifically to satisfy the AI-use and vendor-management provisions in modern OCG — see AI Governance.
- Can OnTrial support FCPA / anti-corruption third-party diligence?
- Yes. Level 2 — Enhanced Business Intelligence covers principals, entities, beneficial-ownership mapping, PEP identification, adverse-media screening, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory exposure. Defensible for regulator and audit review.
- Is OnTrial available for confidential and sensitive matters?
- Yes. Discretion is the operating principle — operator identities are not published. SOC 2 Type II controls, zero data retention in the processing layer, and granular access control are built for matters that require ethical-wall enforcement.
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