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Cultural Differences Can Affect Crime And Justice
March 02, 2013 - When the parents of a Chinese national accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her Iowa City apartment flew to town in April to persuade the victim to drop the charges, they were arrested. Xuefan Tang, 58, and Li Qiao, 49, were charged with tampering with a witness after police said they offered money to get their son, former University of Iowa student Peng Tang, out of trouble. But charges against the parents were dropped after investigators determined the couple was acting according to the cultural norms with which they were familiar. I believe that Mr. Tang’s parents were doing what they believed was right to help their son, but did not understand the repercussions of such behavior under Iowa law,” Johnson C...
Arizona Raising Court Fees
March 01, 2013 - Fee changes are coming to many Arizona courts. Effective March 18, 2013 a series of fee increases are taking place for the AZ Superior Courts and J...
Target Targeted
March 01, 2013 - The NAACP and TakeAction Minnesota accused Target Corp. of unfair hiring practices in 10 formal complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opp...
Government Admits To Flaws In Record System
March 01, 2013 - New York State officials are looking into errors on the criminal history reports of people who had been charged in Cambridge Town Court, where it a...
UK Criminal Record Searches: Proportionality Restored
February 03, 2013 - It is probably a bit premature to use the term "landmark ruling" to describe the court of appeal's judgment on the scope of the crimi...
Criminal Record Checks System Breaches Human Rights, UK Court Rules
February 03, 2013 - The home secretary, Theresa May, is facing urgent pressure to overhaul the criminal records system after an appeal court ruled that the way it oper...
NC Jailors Abuse Hot Sauce
January 15, 2013 - The NC State Bureau of Investigation has initiated a formal investigation into the Sampson County prison accused of mistreating prisoners with hot...
Package Wars - UPS Vs.FedEx
January 15, 2013 - A UPS employee is facing theft charges in Houston, Texas, after allegedly stealing an Apple iPad Mini that a Fedex delivery person had left at a ho...
One More Reason To Change Your Way Of Doing Business
January 15, 2013 - The Ohio Department of Health has proposed new administrative rules that will significantly impact the obligations of a home health agency (“...
Like It Or Not: How Social Media Can Lead To Litigation
January 08, 2013 - by John G. Browning About two-thirds of the adult population of the United States has a presence on a social networking platform. Over 900 mill...
Lawsuit Abuse Becoming Major Issue For Most Americans
January 01, 2013 - Nearly nine out of ten Americans think lawsuit abuse is a problem. The other 10 percent are suing them. (Little joke, there.) According to...
Excerpts From 'Screenplay For The Pre-Employment Screener'
January 01, 2013 - Excerpts From 'Screenplay For The Pre-Employment Screener How bad can it be? Let me tell you a thing or two.. I looked at their Web Site....
I'll Give You Something To CRB Check'
December 26, 2012 - A health worker has been banned from his job after he was convicted of harassment and threatened his boss. Jason Mastin worked in the operating...
Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News
December 26, 2012 - A lawyer has admitted faking the pursuit of a two-year sexual assault case, forging documents and judgments and attending non-existent hearings on...
NAPBS Accreditation - A Suggested Approach by Derek Hinton
December 22, 2012 - The blond spent an hour filling out the application for NAPBS Accreditation. The last question was the hardest, but finally, beside “Sign Her...
Les Rosen's Corner
December 19, 2012 - On January 1, 2013, new E-Verify laws will take effect in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee requiring many private em...
How To Avoid Lawsuits
December 16, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein I'd say it's getting out of hand. I've never seen so many lawsuits filed against pre-employment screening...
What Is The Weakness In Criminal Records Usage By Pre-Employment Screening Companies?
December 14, 2012 - The world of criminal records is not very complex. A person is accused, arrested, processed through a system (of some sort). And in most pl...
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