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• Swift being sued for not disclosing it used background checks in hiring

  August 12, 2013 - Swift Transportation has been sued in a federal court for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by not disclosing to applicants that it could access background checks and not allowing applicants to contest those background checks. The class-action suit, brought by lead plaintiff James Ellis III, says the company neglected to disclose the information to more than 10,000 applicants. Ellis claims in the lawsuit he was denied a job with Swift after the company did a background check. He argues the company was not authorized to view the report, which was pulled from HireRight Solutions, nor did they disclose to him that he could view a free copy of the report within 60 days and that he could dispute the accuracy of any informa...

• Potential pet adopters face criminal background checks

  August 08, 2013 - Animal shelters would be required to do criminal background checks on people wishing to adopt animals to ensure they haven’t been convicted o...

• States Take On Feds As EEOC Oversteps Boundaries

  August 01, 2013 - Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that West Virginia, together with attorneys general in eight other states, sent a letter to the U.S. Eq...

• Project Makes W.Va. Jail Visits High Tech

  July 30, 2013 - A new technology initiative could soon put an end to collect calls and snail mail in West Virginia jails. The project, known as Lockdown, also...

• Obama Calls Racism On Criminal Background Checks

  July 26, 2013 - by  Emily Miller Not wanting to employ a criminal makes you a racist. At least that is what the Obama administration has determined to be...

• Woman Claims She Doesn't Remember Committing Crime

  July 24, 2013 - A woman who failed to reveal she was a convicted thief when she applied to become a police constable is suing Scotland Yard for discrimination....

• Teenager Charged With Felony

  July 17, 2013 - A teenager in a Chicago suburb was charged with a felony after threatening to commit "mass homicide" should George Zimmerman be acquitted...

• U.S. Must ID Criminal Aliens Who Never Left

  July 10, 2013 - The media can learn the identities of thousands of criminal immigrants released in the United States after their home countries refused to take the...

• Porter County, IN Goes Online

  July 08, 2013 - Porter County Clerk Karen Martin is excited the final push is underway to provide free online access to county court cases. The initial step of...

• Clark County, Nev., Recorder Opts For Mobility And Accessibility

  July 03, 2013 - The Clark County, Nev. Recorder’s Office has launched its new Web-based kiosk service, the latest phase of the department’s ongoing cus...

• California Courts and Record Access

  July 02, 2013 - Trailer Bill Killed But New Bill Passed That Alters Public Records Act There was quite a bit of news and push back about the trailer bill that...

• Best Practice Standards for Proper Use of Criminal Records in Hiring Addressed in New Report

  July 01, 2013 - by Les Rosen A group of national civil and workers’ rights organizations has released a new report titled ‘Best Practice Standards:...

• New Redaction Law - Illinois Civil Case Documents

  June 28, 2013 - Effective July 1, 2013, personal identify information will not be allowed in documents or exhibits filed for proceedings in Illinois civil court ca...

• Employee Theft on the Rise and Expected to Get Worse

  June 26, 2013 - A new study of 23 large retail companies conducted by the loss-prevention consultancy Jack L. Hayes International found that 71,095 employees were...

• U.S. Senate Moving to Make Copper Theft a Federal Crime

  June 25, 2013 - The Senate Judiciary Committee is ready to take action on a bill that would make metal theft a federal crime that carries a 10-year prison sentence...

• California Legislature Kills $10 Fee For Search of Public Court Records

  June 24, 2013 - A trailer bill that would have severely limited press and public access to court documents has died in the California Legislature, after widespread...

• Ron Hart: Background checks costs stores more than a dollar

  June 24, 2013 - Dollar stores have done more to keep down what we pay for basic goods and helped more struggling families than any government action ever has. For...

• Vt. lawsuit spotlights privatization versus public access

  June 20, 2013 - A lawsuit by a Brattleboro publisher and the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is raising a question about what happens to the idea of acce...