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More Cuyahoga Records Go Online
March 28, 2014 - Many county court records, previously only available at the downtown Justice Center will be online next month for the public to view. Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts Andrea Rocco told The Plain Dealer this week that images of many documents filed in criminal and civil cases will be online starting March 31. The documents will include motions filed by attorneys and court subpoenas. Currently, only judicial docket entries can be seen publicly on the Internet. Rocco said she has let attorneys and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office know about the changes and that they are responsible for making sure non-public information – such as social security numbers – are not on do...
Senate bill blocks background-check firms from reviewing own work
March 27, 2014 - A new bill introduced in the Senate would prevent contractors who conduct background investigations for the government from reviewing and approv...
Why Many Innocent People Plead Guilty To Crimes
March 25, 2014 - “This isn’t surprising in one sense, because the vast majority of defendants who are convicted of felonies plead guilty instead of goin...
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 allegati...
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...
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