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• New Michigan Criminal Record Lookup Platform Available to the Public

  August 08, 2024 - 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 making this access easier than ever.   This platform allows anyone to perform a Michigan criminal records search with a first and last name. It's a user-friendly tool designed to enhance public safety and awareness, that anyone can use.   MichiganCriminalRecords.us provides a centralized platform for accessing these records online. It adheres to state and federal laws regarding public records access, making sure to follow legal and ethical uses.   How MichiganCriminalRecords.us Works:   This public recor...

• NYC Starts Enforcing Restrictions On AI In Hiring

  July 27, 2024 - New York City’s law requiring employers to audit and notify candidates about the use of automated employment decision tools will be enforced...

• Nine States Change Civil Jurisdiction Thresholds

  June 14, 2024 - 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...

• Errors Discovered in New Bexar County Criminal Records Database

  June 09, 2024 - In the first days after its launch, a new publicly searchable criminal records database accidentally showed records that were incorrect or in the p...

• Database Collection of Death Information Not Public Record

  April 22, 2024 - Requests for Individual Records Not Affected A statewide database of dead Ohioans with the names and addresses associated with the causes of de...

• Military Court Records Might Go Public

  April 21, 2024 - A federal judge ruled in March that ProPublica’s lawsuit against the secretary of defense should move forward, as the news organization seeks...

• West Virginia Magistrate Court Records Now Online

  April 09, 2024 - For the first time, Magistrate Court information is now available online in West Virginia.   Chief Justice Tim Armstead made the annou...

• USA Agency Lays Down the Law on Flawed Background Checks

  April 01, 2024 -  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to consumer reporting companies to address inaccurate background check report...

• LA County Redacted Identifiers from Online Docket

  March 01, 2024 - There's a lot of talk about LA County redacting identifiers from court records. We only need to go back a liitle bit in time to.... th...

• Federal judge rules Virginia’s restricted access to court records violates First Amendment

  January 19, 2022 - A district court judge in Virginia on Friday found Virginia’s  online civil court system violated First Amendment rights of the press an...

• BREAKING NEWS - Missouri governor Parson vetoes bill that would have limited access to public record

  July 10, 2021 - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday vetoed a wide-ranging bill that would have limited public access to certain government records.  ...

• Michigan Supreme Court Ruling On Court Records Could Mean Doom To Background Checks

  July 09, 2021 - Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders who are looking for work could be facing new challenges in their job hunt.   Set to start in Jul...

• Maine Newspapers Challenge Rule Concealing Electronic Court Records

  February 16, 2021 - A cult-like adherence to the notion of “practical obscurity” for electronic court records is dead. Or is it.   In black an...

• Lawsuit filed against The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) for inaccurate criminal record

  February 03, 2021 - The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has asked a judge in Franklin County to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the cities of Dayton and Columbu...

• Comanche County Courthouse to reopen Feb. 16

  January 31, 2021 - The Comanche County Courthouse will reopen to the public Feb. 16, Central District Commissioner Johnny Owens said Friday.   While offi...

• Orange County, Calif. courts add online portal for easier access to traffic and criminal cases

  January 20, 2021 - Orange County Superior Courtintroduced an online portal for those with traffic infractions and lower-level criminal cases, part of an ongoing effor...

• Jasper County, Missouri launches new courts website

  January 19, 2021 - A Southwest Missouri county is making it easier to connect with the county court online.   Erik Theis, Jasper Co. Courts Admin, said,...

• Allegheny County courts to provide public with remote access to criminal proceedings

  January 18, 2021 - Less than a month after advocacy groups said they would sue Allegheny County if it did not provide electronic access to its criminal court proceedi...