What We Offer
Our Opposition Research service provides you with discreet, comprehensive, and strategic intelligence on competitors, adversaries, or any entity that could compromise your positioning. We don't do smear jobs — we do clarity. That means investigating with integrity, verifying through cross-sourced data, and presenting findings that are actionable, not sensational.
Whether you're preparing for a high-stakes proposal, navigating a crowded policy space, facing criticism from public actors, or anticipating reputational challenges, we uncover the tactics, positioning, affiliations, and vulnerabilities of the entities you're up against — from NGOs to corporations to individuals.
Deliverables & Packages
Click through the industries below to explore service breakdowns and deliverables to each use case.
General Counsel & Compliance Intelligence Services
Protect your legal position before it’s ever challenged.
We equip legal teams with discreet, high-impact research to support internal reviews, partner vetting, and exposure prevention. Each report is built for confidentiality, clarity, and usability inside legal workflows.
Package 1: Risk Snapshot
Use Case: Quick scan of a contractor, advisor, or third party before onboarding or contract renewal.
Deliverables Include:
- Federal & state litigation history: Civil, criminal, bankruptcy filings
- Sanctions & enforcement checks: OFAC, SDN, DOJ, EPA, SEC, and state-level databases
- Business registration & corporate history: Status, aliases, historical filings
- Media screening: Recent press (3-year window), public controversies
- Basic watchlist alignment: NGO and industry alert lists
Turnaround: 3–5 business days
Package 2: Full Vetting Report
Use Case: In-depth investigation into a high-stakes third-party vendor, prospective partner, or high-level internal subject.
Deliverables Include:
- Everything in the Risk Snapshot, plus ESG & reputational alignment review
- Conflict of interest report
- Beneficial ownership mapping
- Online presence & sentiment scan
- Summarized Red-Flag Report
Turnaround: 7–10 business days
Package 3: Executive Risk Portfolio
Use Case: Assess and compare 2–3 C-levels, board members, or incoming executives before public disclosures or contract finalization.
Deliverables Include (per subject):
- Condensed vetting report
- Cross-affiliation mapping
- Relative risk ranking matrix
- Optional board briefing deck
Turnaround: 10 business days
Ongoing Monitoring – Quarterly Retainer
Use Case: Keep tabs on high-risk vendors, clients, or executives without re-running full reports.
Deliverables Per Subject Per Quarter:
- Re-scan of litigation and sanction databases
- Update memo with new risks and scorecard comparison
Turnaround: Delivered 1x per quarter
Optional Add-ons
- Live legal team or board briefing (30 mins)
- Media archive deep retrieval (10+ years)
- Translated report (French, Spanish, Arabic)
- Anonymized pre-clearance draft for outreach/legal hold letters
Media & Journalism Intelligence
Equip your newsroom with research built for speed, discretion, and precision.
We partner with journalists, editors, podcast producers, and investigative outlets to provide high-quality, behind-the-scenes research. Whether for source vetting, pre-publication due diligence, FOIA analysis, or litigation risk flagging—we deliver journalistic intelligence with confidentiality and speed.
Package 1: Source & Subject Vetting
Use Case: Verify the background, credibility, and affiliations of a source, whistleblower, or subject prior to publication or interview.
Deliverables Include:
- Litigation, arrest, and alias search (national & local)
- Affiliation mapping: NGOs, campaigns, think tanks, lobby groups
- Disinformation or sock-puppet footprint (social media and web aliases)
- Fact-pattern review and triangulation with third-party sources
- Risk flags for libel, defamation, or conflict of interest potential
Turnaround: 3 business days
Package 2: Company & Entity Deep Dive
Use Case: Investigate a corporation, LLC, PAC, or advocacy group tied to your story.
Deliverables Include:
- Corporate registration, UBO, and networked entity tracing
- Litigation & regulatory exposure (SEC, OSHA, EPA, DOJ, FEC)
- Donor or grant funding mapping (via IRS, FEC, 990s, and institutional affiliations)
- Executive team vetting and linked personal conflicts
- Press history, crisis management actions, and whistleblower claims
Turnaround: 5–7 business days
Package 3: Pre-Publication Legal Risk Brief
Use Case: Prepare a confidential risk memo before publication.
Deliverables Include:
- Libel vulnerability check (U.S. jurisdiction + relevant global overlaps)
- NDAs, gag orders, or sealed settlements tied to individuals mentioned
- Known legal threat patterns from target entities or firms
- Fact-check alignment & source anonymity sensitivity notes
- Memo format brief for legal counsel and editorial staff
Turnaround: 2–3 business days
Ongoing Investigative Support
Use Case: For investigative teams working on longform or cross-border stories.
Deliverables Include:
- Weekly research drops and case file updates
- Archive retrieval: Wayback, FOIA, court listener, and public data scraping
- Document annotation and source reliability grids
- Custom timeline construction and entity mapping (PDF or Notion-based)
Turnaround: Rolling, with weekly synthesis
Optional Add-ons
- FOIA filing support + tracker setup
- Multilingual report summary (Spanish, Arabic, French)
- Disinformation campaign mapping add-on
- Court record pull from restricted jurisdictions
- Signal/WhatsApp communication summaries & forensics
Union & Advocacy Intelligence
Protect your members. Anticipate your opposition. Strengthen your position.
We support unions, labor coalitions, advocacy organizations, and issue-based movements with targeted research services to inform negotiations, campaigns, and long-term strategic positioning. Our work balances confidentiality, legal defensibility, and grassroots utility.
Package 1: Opposition Intelligence Brief
Use Case: Comprehensive profile of a corporate target, employer, political actor, or lobbying group.
Deliverables Include:
- Corporate structure map and ownership relationships
- Key executives background check and reputational scan
- Labor, environmental, and regulatory violation history (OSHA, EEOC, NLRB, etc.)
- Political contributions, lobbying activity, and PAC affiliations
- Press timeline of controversies, legal issues, or anti-union campaigns
Turnaround: 5–7 business days
Package 2: Stakeholder & Power Mapping
Use Case: Strategic intelligence on who holds influence over key negotiations, boardrooms, or legislation.
Deliverables Include:
- Board member profiles and cross-directorships
- Major shareholders and their positions on labor and ESG issues
- Lobbyists and PR firms contracted by the target
- Local government and economic development ties
- Allies, opponents, and swing actors across business and political arenas
Turnaround: 7 business days
Package 3: Pre-Negotiation Risk Assessment
Use Case: Prepare for contract bargaining or labor actions by identifying vulnerabilities and potential escalation points.
Deliverables Include:
- Historical negotiation patterns and tactics used by the employer
- Risk heatmap of operational or reputational weak points
- Union busting firms or consultants previously hired
- Community support and resistance analysis
- Suggested narrative frameworks for messaging leverage
Turnaround: 5 business days
Ongoing Monitoring & Campaign Alerts
Use Case: Track changes in target behavior, leadership shifts, public messaging, or political lobbying.
Deliverables Include:
- Weekly updates on litigation, filings, press coverage, and employment changes
- Real-time alerts for relevant news spikes or reputation crises
- Monthly summary briefing for campaign or legal team
- Optional integration into union CRM or organizing dashboard
Turnaround: Ongoing with weekly and monthly deliverables
Optional Add-ons
- FOIA coordination and filings
- Multi-language stakeholder briefings
- Custom social media disinformation tracking
- On-call strategic response unit (3-week block)
- Public testimony prep and opposition rebuttal
HNWI & Family Office Intelligence
Safeguard your privacy, reputation, and portfolio—everywhere you operate.
We provide discreet, high-fidelity risk intelligence to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and private wealth managers. Whether protecting reputations, screening investments, or managing exposure across jurisdictions, our services are designed for multi-generational security and discretion.
Package 1: Personal Reputation & Exposure Scan
Use Case: Ideal for public-facing families, executives, heirs, or philanthropists seeking visibility into public footprint, online sentiment, and historical liabilities.
Deliverables Include:
- Press and social media audit (including old/deleted content and image associations)
- Litigation and court filings scan (state, federal, and offshore jurisdictions)
- Business registration and board affiliations map
- Sentiment tracking on Reddit, X (Twitter), forums, and media indexing platforms
- Advisory alert on identity theft exposure or digital impersonation risk
Turnaround: 5–7 business days
Package 2: Asset & Investment Vetting
Use Case: Due diligence on target investments before capital deployment.
Deliverables Include:
- Ownership chain and UBO trace (local and offshore)
- Legal and regulatory flags: zoning issues, tax liens, sanctions, trade disputes
- Reputation scan of deal partners, promoters, or fellow investors
- Beneficial ownership cross-check with known conflict parties or litigants
- Asset-specific history: permit history, foreclosure actions, violations, and press cycles
Turnaround: 7–10 business days
Package 3: Family Network & Staff Vetting
Use Case: Screen household staff, advisors, tutors, or companions.
Deliverables Include:
- Identity verification and credential authentication
- Litigation, criminal, and restraining order check (local and national)
- Employment history review and past employer feedback aggregation
- Red flag alerting: financial distress, substance abuse records, sealed judgments
- Social footprint assessment for brand-damaging behavior or oversharing
Turnaround: 4–6 business days
Ongoing Monitoring & Confidential Advisory
Use Case: Stay alert to new reputational or legal threats over time.
Deliverables Include:
- Monthly memo: public, regulatory, or litigation changes tied to known holdings or names
- Dark web and breach exposure monitoring (identity, passport, address, trust names)
- Real-time alerts for negative press, fraud claims, or executive moves of adversaries
- Quarterly meeting option for strategic advisory and discreet interventions
Turnaround: Ongoing with monthly and real-time components
Optional Add-ons
- On-site security audit with trusted partners
- Translated report (French, Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin)
- FOIA request filing and follow-up
- Custom risk dashboard access
- Cross-border asset trace (for recovery or pre-litigation)
Political Campaign Risk Intelligence
Protect the candidate. Anticipate the headlines. Control the narrative.
We provide deep-dive investigative services to political campaigns of all sizes—local city council races to presidential bids—ensuring you know what’s coming before it surfaces. Every package is tailored to help you proactively defend, vet, and strategically maneuver in an increasingly high-risk information environment.
Package 1: Candidate Vulnerability Report
Use Case: Baseline internal audit for first-time candidates, returning office-holders, or high-profile challengers.
Deliverables Include:
- Comprehensive litigation history (civil, criminal, administrative, bankruptcies)
- Public record scan (property, liens, licenses, business interests, divorce records)
- Social media sweep (deleted posts, inactive accounts, controversial interactions)
- Press archive search (local and national coverage from past 20 years)
- Donor and PAC association review
- Flagged associations: controversial employers, groups, or affiliations
- Clearance status check (if applicable)
Turnaround: 5–7 business days
Package 2: Opponent Dossier
Use Case: Build a comprehensive understanding of your opponent's background and vulnerabilities.
Deliverables Include:
- Full legal and public records history
- Prior campaign finance records and FEC violations
- Past campaign messaging contradictions or reversals
- Known affiliations with PACs, corporations, or advocacy groups
- Negative news cycles and crisis responses
- Ethical scrutiny: nepotism, no-bid contracts, lobbying history
- Visual timeline for narrative weaponization
Turnaround: 7–10 business days
Package 3: Strategic Landscape Scan
Use Case: Map the ecosystem surrounding your race: influencers, activists, PACs, donors, and media.
Deliverables Include:
- Stakeholder mapping: friendly vs adversarial media and campaign networks
- FEC and 527 filings of adjacent campaigns and PACs
- Local issue tracker: polling, news trends, activist attention drivers
- Past smear attempts and media framing analysis
- Partisan Facebook groups, online rumor mills, and disinformation channels
Turnaround: 6–8 business days
Ongoing Monitoring & Rapid Response
Use Case: Stay ahead of attacks, leaks, and disinformation during the campaign season.
Deliverables Include:
- Daily scan of press, court filings, social media, and opposition channels
- Text or Signal-based alerts for flagged mentions or breaking risks
- Weekly wrap-up memos for campaign manager and legal counsel
- Pre-debate or pre-forum opponent brief with last 72-hour activity
Turnaround: Real-time with weekly synthesis
Optional Add-ons
- Candidate interview prep file
- Speech, stump, or mailer risk audit
- Local records retrieval (non-digital)
- Translated reports (Spanish, French, Arabic)
- Shadow staffer profiling (advance team + inner circle)
Investor & Founder Risk Intelligence
Mitigate reputational, regulatory, and strategic risk before it impacts valuation or trust.
We help venture firms, private equity funds, and high-growth startups validate key stakeholders, conduct market-entry due diligence, and prepare for audits or acquisitions. Each report is designed for strategic, board-level use with legal, investor, or partner-facing applications.
Package 1: Founder & Executive Dossier
Use Case: Evaluate a startup founder, co-founder, or C-suite candidate ahead of funding, merger talks, or onboarding.
Deliverables Include:
- Litigation, bankruptcy, and fraud history scan
- Academic credential and employment verification
- Known alias mapping, domain/IP ownership, and entity formation links
- Reputation tracking on Glassdoor, Reddit, Blind, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, etc.
- SEC, FEC, and FINRA checks for irregularities
- Alerts for adverse investor, employee, or board testimonials
Turnaround: 3–5 business days
Package 2: Target Company Deep Dive
Use Case: Comprehensive review of a startup or acquisition target before term sheet, M&A, or expansion.
Deliverables Include:
- Entity web: shell structures, inactive subsidiaries, shared directorships
- Capital stack audit: convertibles, SAFEs, investor rights
- Compliance scan: GDPR/CCPA, export controls, tax and trade flags
- IP validation: patent conflicts, codebase issues, open-source misuse
- Litigation case tracking: redacted, leaked, or employee-harm cases
- Client/partner reliability scan
Turnaround: 7 business days
Package 3: Portfolio Exposure Audit
Use Case: Evaluate risk across a 5–10 company portfolio for LP reports, ESG, or exit readiness.
Deliverables Include:
- Risk-tiered dashboard per company
- Flagged founder reports: misconduct, conflicts, failed exits
- Blacklist screening: sanctions, activist reports, divestment flags
- Sector fraud benchmarks, burn rates, retention metrics
- Board-ready deck with summaries, heatmaps, clustered threats
Turnaround: 10–12 business days
On-Demand Monitoring & Flash Alerts
Use Case: Monitor founders, sectors, or LP exposure areas for legal, reputational, or market shocks.
Deliverables Per Quarter:
- Real-time litigation, exec changes, sanctions, and press controversy alerts
- Slack or Signal push alerts
- Quarterly synthesis report with trend overlays
Turnaround: Ongoing (Live alert + 1x quarterly memo)
Optional Add-ons
- Pitch deck risk review & LP brief
- Virtual data room audit
- Translated report (Spanish, French, Mandarin)
- Founder interview transcript + credibility memo
- FOIA request (US or UK)
Interested?
To receive a custom quote, email us at [email protected] with the following:
- Your name and organization
- Area or scope of concern
- Competitor, entity, or field of focus
- Timeline and decision context