International News

• Home Office Squanders £229m In 'Incompetent' Outs

  A £656m government scheme to upgrade the UK’s criminal records checks system has been branded a “masterclass in incompetence” in a damning Commons report. &nbs...

• Bermuda Criminal Records Office Moving To New Loca

  As of Monday, October 29, the Criminal Records Office/Vetting Department will be located at the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building.   A police spokesperson said, “The Berm...

• Canada Law Permitting Destruction Of LGBT Criminal

  Despite efforts to promote the program, only a handful of people have applied to have criminal records for homosexual acts expunged after Parliament passed legislation to formally erase t...

• Kenya's Maraga launches guide book for criminal c

  Chief Justice David Maraga has launched a quick-reference book for judges and magistrates presiding over criminal cases.   The Criminal Procedure Bench Book will provide guid...

• The US Is Fully-Compliant With Privacy Shield Requ

  by Stuart Lauchlan   Hurrah! Good news!! Crisis averted!!! The US is now fully compliant with the requirements of the transatlantic Privacy Shield agreement and there’s...

• UK Government Challenges Ruling Finding Criminal R

  The government is challenging a court ruling which said forcing people to disclose minor criminal convictions to employers violates human rights laws.   The Court of Appeal f...

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National News

• Clark County Common Pleas Court launches updated w

  The Clark County, Ohio Common Pleas Court’s case management system is up and running.   Clark County Common Pleas Court Clerk Melissa Tuttle said the public now has acc...

• Chief justice: Public will be able to access Maine

  The judiciary Thursday announced that the public would be able to access some court documents online once the $15 million electronic case filing system is implemented over the next few ye...

• Proposed bill would eliminate PACER fees

  A new bill before the U.S House of Representatives would prohibit the federal courts from charging for public documents. The Electronic Court Records Reform Act would require that documen...

• Public records hard to access in Minnesota

  Getting your hands on government information in the state of Minnesota is not always as easy as it may sound. In fact in some cases it may be impossible.   A KARE 11 investig...

• Long-public Nevada arrest database made secret

  A database of Nevada arrest records that was open to public inspection for decades has been made secret by a new state law.   The Nevada Department of Public Safety, which co...

• Legal nonprofit expands access to Maryland court d

  Matthew Stubenberg may be leaving his job as information technology director at Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service later this month, but his chief accomplishment at the Baltimore nonprofi...

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