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• 4 Screening Companies Resolve Alleged Criminal Activity

  March 24, 2014 - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on that his office secured agreements with four background check agencies to resolve allegations they illegally disqualified job seekers. HireRight Inc. and Sterling Infosystems allegedly followed instructions provided by employers to automatically disqualify job applicants based on the information contained in a criminal background report. New York state law requires that employers consider multiple mitigating factors in making hiring decisions based on criminal history and prohibits third parties from aiding and abetting employers in violating the statute. “New Yorkers who have paid their debt to society deserve a fair shot at employment opportunities,” Schneider...

• FBI balks at marijuana background checks

  March 21, 2014 - The FBI is refusing to run nationwide background checks on people applying to run legal marijuana businesses in Washington state, even though it ha...

• Harris County District Clerk's Office Offers Free Criminal Background Checks.

  March 18, 2014 - Harris County District Clerk’s Office Offers Free Criminal Background Checks. Anyone can perform a background check by going on the Distr...

• NC court says criminal database is public record

  March 13, 2014 - A three-judge panel says North Carolina's criminal records database is a public record and the court system must disclose it when requested, ev...

• Vital Record Fee Increases in CA and IA

  March 10, 2014 - Vital Record Fee Increases in CA and IA           California Effective January 1, 2014, the fe...

• Court News: Pima County, AZ

  March 06, 2014 -   Court News: Pima County, AZ  The Pima County Consolidated Justice Court in Ariz...

• Background check company vanishes, leaves job-seekers in limbo

  February 27, 2014 - Many employers require criminal background checks and fingerprints before considering a job applicant, but the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team discovered th...

• Changes Coming To Information Provided By New York OCA

  February 25, 2014 - Court administrators on April 1 plan to stop disclosing 10-year-old misdemeanors to screening companies seeking background information about indivi...

• Unauthorized Criminal Background Check Spurs Scrutiny

  February 21, 2014 - Direct access to the criminal justice database has been cut off for two police officers assigned to a St. Louis County official security detail whi...

• Latest on CDL/CLP Holders and Medical Examiner's Certificate

  February 21, 2014 - Latest on CDL/CLP Holders and  Medical Examiner's Certificate          The following article i...

• University Of Florida Under Fire For Background Checks

  February 20, 2014 - UF uses a background-checking service whose parent company’s government screening unit is being sued by the U.S. government. The federal...

• Peoria County, IL Courts And Jail Go Online

  February 19, 2014 - A vast array of Peoria County court and jail records have become available to the public online since the county switched to a new $7 million compu...

• Background Check Firm's Slipup Could Cost It

  February 18, 2014 - A company that provides background checks must face claims from a man whom it allegedly incorrectly described as a sex offender, costing him work,...

• For Every Lawsuit There's A Lawyer Willing To Gamble His Time For A Big Pay Out

  February 14, 2014 - A putative class action lawsuit has been filled against a Fresno, Calif.-based Whole Foods Market Inc. unit, charging that its online form seeking...

• Humboldt County, CA Ponders Court Record Fees

  February 12, 2014 - Be prepared to pony up for court records. One court employee warned, somewhat admonishingly, that asking for a criminal case file without a case nu...

• St. Louis Courthouse Becomes Test Site For Facial Recognition Security Program

  February 12, 2014 - St. Louis Courthouse Becomes Test Site For Facial Recognition Security Program It took three minutes for James Palmer to make it from the entra...

• Report says security background check company received $16 million in awards

  February 11, 2014 - The company that performs many of the federal government’s security background checks received $16 million in incentive awards even as it too...

• More Virginia Court Records Go Online

  February 10, 2014 - After years of resistance, Chesterfield County’s Circuit Court clerk plans to put all criminal court information on the state’s searcha...