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Capability II

CLEAN

Your client's record is cleared before the defense runs it.

At a Glance

Counters
Sitrick's opposition research and digital record audit
Format
Digital record audit and remediation plan. Delivered before filing.
Operates
Pre-Filing Through Verdict
Intake
By referral from counsel of record

The Problem

Sitrick’s Wheel of Pain is running opposition research on your named plaintiffs from the moment the complaint is filed. They are looking for inconsistencies between what your clients told you and what they have said publicly. They find the problem. Then they use it — in a deposition, in cross-examination, in a planted news story.

In Practice

Case Reference

In a pharmaceutical mass tort with more than 9,000 named plaintiffs, VIS conducted pre-deposition digital audits on all bellwether candidates. The audit identified seven plaintiffs whose public social media contradicted their injury timeline. All seven were addressed before deposition. The defense found nothing at deposition that counsel had not already seen.

What VIS Does

VIS runs your named plaintiffs before Sitrick does. Every digital footprint. Every social media account. Every prior statement in any public forum. Every inconsistency between what your clients told you and what they said publicly. CLEAN also scales to class member audit protocol for class actions.

  • Complete social media audit across all major and secondary platforms
  • Digital footprint analysis — forums, comments, community groups, local news
  • Prior statement review — anything said publicly about the case, the company, or the injury
  • Inconsistency flag report — every place where the public record diverges from the client intake
  • Deposition preparation recommendations based on audit findings
  • Class member sample audit protocol — available for class action engagements

What is the defense communications
operation doing on your case right now?

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