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Top Stories
- Can Google Search Strings Ease Adverse Media Scree
  Adverse media is becoming increasingly important to compliance processes. With so much to check, Sigma Ratings has posed the question of whether Google search strings can m...
- False Positives in Background Screening Criminal R
  A false positive in a criminal record background check occurs when the check incorrectly identifies someone as having a criminal record when, in fact, they do not. This mistake can...
- Things a CRA Must Look Out For
  Stories continue from lawsuits, in particular about background screening companies generating criminal background check reports from data that often is purchased in bulk through intermedi...
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- People In Limbo As England Criminal Court Delays W
  New data released shows the number of open cases in the magistrates’ courts continue to pile up, the Law Society of England and Wales has said. HM Courts and Tribunal...
- Court Records and The GDPR Exemption
  Are Court records exempt from GDPR? Yes, court records are exempt from some GDPR provisions under the "legal proceedings" exemption: Judicial exemp...
- AI ‘Hallucinated’ Fake Legal Cases Allegedly F
  A B.C. courtroom is believed to be the site of Canada’s first case of artificial intelligence inventing fake legal cases. Lawyers Lorne and Fraser MacLean told Global...
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NATIONAL NEWS
- CRA'S Get Sued For Screening Out Candidates by Cri
  Third-party employee screening companies are finding themselves more in the litigation fray in California for blocking job seekers with criminal records thanks to a growing advocacy and l...
- New Michigan Criminal Record Lookup Platform Avail
  Access to Michigan public records, specifically criminal records, is useful tool for looking up someone's criminal past. MichiganCriminalRecords.us, a newly launched website, is makin...
- NYC Starts Enforcing Restrictions On AI In Hiring
  New York City’s law requiring employers to audit and notify candidates about the use of automated employment decision tools will be enforced began July 5, the city’s Departmen...
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PRESS RELEASES
- Global Employment Criminal Background Check Servic
  The Global Employment Criminal Background Check Services Market Size is to Grow...
- Straightline Int'l Meets With Ontario Courts
  Last week The Background Investigator (and Straightline International) went to Ontario where th...
- Job Availablity for Inteperter
  This is a current job availablity document for an interpreter to be posted for 21 days...
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International News

People In Limbo As England Criminal Court Delays W
New data released shows the number of open cases in the magistrates’ courts continue to pile up, the Law Society of England and Wales has said. HM Courts and Tribunal...
Court Records and The GDPR Exemption
Are Court records exempt from GDPR? Yes, court records are exempt from some GDPR provisions under the "legal proceedings" exemption: Judicial exemp...
AI ‘Hallucinated’ Fake Legal Cases Allegedly F
A B.C. courtroom is believed to be the site of Canada’s first case of artificial intelligence inventing fake legal cases. Lawyers Lorne and Fraser MacLean told Global...
This May Have A Profound Effect On (adverse media
Italy’s Scorza: publicly available data is not for training algorithms “Privacy rights are becoming commercial and technological assets which have an enormous impact on ma...
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National News

CRA'S Get Sued For Screening Out Candidates by Cri
Third-party employee screening companies are finding themselves more in the litigation fray in California for blocking job seekers with criminal records thanks to a growing advocacy and l...
New Michigan Criminal Record Lookup Platform Avail
Access to Michigan public records, specifically criminal records, is useful tool for looking up someone's criminal past. MichiganCriminalRecords.us, a newly launched website, is makin...
NYC Starts Enforcing Restrictions On AI In Hiring
New York City’s law requiring employers to audit and notify candidates about the use of automated employment decision tools will be enforced began July 5, the city’s Departmen...
Nine States Change Civil Jurisdiction Thresholds
When it comes to civil lawsuits, most states use two levels of court: a limited jurisdiction court that manages lower amounts in controversy and a general jurisdiction court that oversees...
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Press Releases

Global Employment Criminal Background Check Servic
The Global Employment Criminal Background Check Services Market Size is to Grow from USD 3003.8 Million in 2023 to USD 593...
Straightline Int'l Meets With Ontario Courts
Last week The Background Investigator (and Straightline International) went to Ontario where they successfully got the backlogs cleared u...
Job Availablity for Inteperter
This is a current job availablity document for an interpreter to be posted for 21 days...
Latest News on Continuous Monitoring and 2020 Scre
Leading public records research provider, Wholesale Screening Solutions, announces the launch of its continuous court activity monitoring solution. The solution uses intelligent automatio...
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