
For a California Indian Tribe working to build a casino on their lands, DBA examined the background of prospective developers, operations managers and building contractors. A surprising percentage of the possibilities were found to have histories of problems involving continual budget overruns, unpaid subcontractors and unusually high amounts of litigation. One team of prospective developers was linked to an out-of-control project in an eastern state where local newspapers claimed they were associates of organized crime operations.
The Three Stooges were among the various celebrities whose rights DBA has helped defend from infringement. We work to determine the full scope of the infringement, including the identities, assets and full profiles of the infringers.
Among substantial entertainment industry work, DBA unraveled the disputed genealogy of a renown 1920's figure who was the subject of a film in development at Disney.
For an Academy Award-winning Best Actor, DBA identified his ancestors and traced their lineage, with the catch that the subject did not know his father's name nor the name of any other blood relative except his mother, who had died thirty years earlier in an unknown location.
DBA discovered the leak whereby every movement of a famous actor was being given to the tabloids in advance.
Former WWII prisoner-of-war B-17 flyers who served together were located by DBA for the opening of the Elmira, NY, National Warplane Museum and a special B-17 exhibit. To begin, DBA had only a list of names with no other identification.
Ownership of a catalog of rhythm and blues oldies was disputed by warring music companies. DBA had to locate and interview numerous old music figures to sort out conflicting written and oral agreements.
The Three Stooges were among the various celebrities whose rights DBA has helped defend from infringement. We work to determine the full scope of the infringement, including the identities, assets and full profiles of the infringers.
Among substantial entertainment industry work, DBA unraveled the disputed genealogy of a renown 1920's figure who was the subject of a film in development at Disney.
For an Academy Award-winning Best Actor, DBA identified his ancestors and traced their lineage, with the catch that the subject did not know his father's name nor the name of any other blood relative except his mother, who had died thirty years earlier in an unknown location.
DBA discovered the leak whereby every movement of a famous actor was being given to the tabloids in advance.
Former WWII prisoner-of-war B-17 flyers who served together were located by DBA for the opening of the Elmira, NY, National Warplane Museum and a special B-17 exhibit. To begin, DBA had only a list of names with no other identification.
Ownership of a catalog of rhythm and blues oldies was disputed by warring music companies. DBA had to locate and interview numerous old music figures to sort out conflicting written and oral agreements.