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New data: Courts cleared more criminal cases in 2021 than were filed
September 07, 2022 - State courts cleared far more criminal cases—especially felonies—than they received in 2021, according to extensive preliminary data provided from the case management systems of state courts in 19 states. The data provide insight into how courts nationwide have successfully prioritized clearing criminal dockets that were built up in 2020, when public health considerations prevented some courts from constituting juries and the pandemic forced courts to slow some proceedings. The figures come from a just-released report from the Court Statistics Project, a joint project of NCSC and the Conference of State Court Administrators, which collects comprehensive, aggregate caseload data from state courts annually. Across...
Civil Court Case Identifiers To Show Up On Florida Online Court Records
July 11, 2021 - A recent Florida Supreme Court ruling instructs Florida's Court, with a few exceptions, not to redact identifiers from online court recor...
Background Check ID'ing Error Prompts Lawsuit
July 10, 2021 - A Connecticut woman's lawsuit alleges she lost a chance at a job because of an error in a criminal background check. The background check repor...
How Data Screening.com Began
February 26, 2021 - Over 35 years ago Karen Jacobsen, the founder of DataScreening started Credit Resources, Inc., CRI, a credit reporting agency, after leaving a well...
JURISDICTION OF THE SERBIA COURTS
February 20, 2021 - JURISDICTION OF THE BASIC COURTS In the first instance, a basic court adjudicates in criminal offenses for which the main penalty is a fine or impr...
Les Rosen Gives Advice to Congress and the FCRA
February 03, 2021 - FCRA lawsuits will continue to serve as legal compliance signposts for employers conducting background checks on job applicants, according to l...
Accuracy of Criminal Records Used for Background Checks Will Become New Area of Litigation
January 23, 2021 - The accuracy of job applicant criminal records used by employers and consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) to conduct background checks will become a...
Owens Online Upgrades Their Website
January 21, 2021 - Owens Online Upgrades Their Website New Features and Benefits: --Mobile-friendly. Our new responsive design allows yo...
Lawsuit raises concerns about limited access to Travis County, Texas court records amid pandemic
January 19, 2021 - A lawsuit filed against Travis County's manager of court records argues that her office is violating the First Amendment by not offering the me...
DBS Check Delays - Why?
September 12, 2020 - Here are some of the most common causes for delays in the DBS process: Paper application forms. One decision that will impact how lo...
Why Civil Searches Are delayed
September 03, 2020 - Civil searches are usually slower than criminal for many reasons. The main reason is that you don't get the result at the...
Selling Terroist List namechecks Can Get You In Trouble
August 30, 2020 - On August 24, 2020, a Pennsylvania man filed a class action lawsuit in federal court claiming TransUnion violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FC...
The Purgatory of Digital Punishment
July 06, 2020 - By SARAH ESTHER LAGESON It doesn’t matter whether they’re accurate—criminal records are all over the internet, whe...
APPRISS Stuck in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act Lawsuit
May 17, 2020 - For those wondering where the limit on Telephone Consumer Protection Act wrong number cases might be, keep looking. A state vendor i...
Due Diligence and Background Checks in the Age of Coronavirus
May 13, 2020 - What is an Employer to do? Eight Frequently Discussed Issues byLester Rosen Even with the Coronavirus and the near-total shutdow...
My Experience Before A Data Privacy Commission
May 12, 2020 - My experience - I've been called in front of the Office for Personal Data Protection – Macao SAR Government, including their legal...
Steven Brownstein Is The Expert At Calling The Courts
April 12, 2020 - Back in the 80's and 90's we had to call the courts. In the "old days" we didn't have internet or online access.&nb...
Coronavirus Domino-Effect On Background Check Services
March 15, 2020 - We can't run from it. We can't hide from it. Government services are being affected - one of them being our access to...
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