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• Banning the Box: What’s the effect on CRAs? By Derek Hinton

  April 21, 2014 - Many of the employment applications used by employers have a section where the applicant is asked about criminal activity. There is an increasing trend for cities and states to prohibit this practice, known in the industry as “Ban the Box,” the “box” being the area where applicants check yes or no to the criminal activity question.  NELP, the National Employment Law Project, issued a briefing paper in November of 2013 titled “Statewide Ban the Box. Reducing unfair Barriers to employment of people with criminal Records.” In their report they state that nationwide, “over 50 cities and counties—including New York City—have now taken the critical step of removing unfair barri...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  April 18, 2014 - Data Brokers Settle FTC Charges of FCRA Violations  Two data brokers that sell public record information about consumers have agreed to se...

• Civil Judgments Vs. Judgment Liens: What's The Difference?

  April 17, 2014 - If you’re like me when I was first introduced to this industry, you might be a little confused about the difference between judgments and jud...

• Data Brokers Disciplined For Inaccurate Background Checks, Lack Of Privacy Measures

  April 14, 2014 - It's tough enough landing a job these days. So imagine if that background check provided to your potential employer wrongly identified you...

• Straightline Gets Acknowleged As Leader In Puerto Rico Background Searches

  April 10, 2014 -   Straightline International has been acknowledged as the leader in Puerto Rico public and criminal record retrieval according to an exclu...

• Sacramento County, CA Revamps Public Records WebSite

  April 08, 2014 - Sacramento judges introduced the first case search system in California built without outside consultants, saying it was constructed without extra...

• Check Out Oakland, Calif. Police Misconduct Suits By Name

  April 07, 2014 - A new WebSite has published over a thousand lawsuits filed in Oakland, CA for police misconduct. The lawsuits are researchable by name. www...

• LexisNexis Database Helps Feds In Collecting Taxes

  April 03, 2014 - Identity thieves are stealing billions of dollars a year through fraudulent tax refunds—and the IRS isn't the only target. The 43 states...

• Federal Reserve's Chair Yellen's Real-Life Examples of Unemployed Omit Criminal Records

  April 02, 2014 - In her first speech as Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen told the stories of three people who had trouble finding work to illustrate her concern...

• Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2014 Released by Employment Screening Resources

  March 26, 2014 - Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) has announced the release of the 7th Annual ‘ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2014’ se...

• Ohio Couple Volunteer To Organize Court Records

  March 24, 2014 - The haphazardly stashed court records sitting in the Washington County Courthouse attic are getting put in order through a slow process of voluntee...

• Peer References Require Special Tactics

  March 20, 2014 - by Craig Caddell The Joint Commission defines a peer as someone from the same discipline with essentially equal qualifications. To be able to p...

• Study Shows Record Number Of Criminal Exonerations

  March 19, 2014 - The number of exonerations of people wrongfully convicted of a crime in the United States rose to a record 87 last year — that’s 87 peo...

• Woman Forged Criminal Record Clearance Because She Was In A Hurry

  March 17, 2014 - You've got to love this: Woman Forged Criminal Record Clearance Because She Was In A Hurry A Warwick woman today admitted she forged...

• Providing Private Database-Only Criminal Records

  March 11, 2014 - Providing Private Database-Only Criminal Records I’m telling you, every time I run across a CRA that is providing private database-onl...

• Craig Caddell's Verification Tips

  March 07, 2014 - Language! Language! Language! You know the old saying “Location! Location! Location!” as it applies to restaurant success or failur...

• BRB Public Record Update

  March 05, 2014 -  San Luis Obispo Superior Court (CA) Cuts Criminal Record Services      With severe cutbacks in the budget and loss of...

• Les Rosen's Corner - California Law

  March 04, 2014 - New California Law Significantly Impacts Use of Past Criminal Records A new law in California that took effect January 1, 2014 – Senate Bill...