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• Race Does Play A Part In Background Checks

  December 10, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein In a recent news release, Nick Fishman, EmployeeScreenIQ, testified that when a criminal record is revealed, the background report does not include race, religion, sexual orientation or other protected class information. That presents an exciting new twist for the defense of pre-employment screening companies when they get sued by applicants who had not been hired because of a an erroneous criminal record report that wasn't theirs. Many times the non-hired's complaint includes the fact that the background check company erred in its ways because the person named in the criminal complaint was of a different race than the job applicant. As if  (and here's the kicker) the EEOC wa...

• Government Court Database Glitches Affect Background Checks

  December 04, 2012 -  by Steven Brownstein An interesting set of circumstances occurred recently. A court database had a glitch (bug, virus, flaw, etc....)...

• Air Force May Limit Access To Criminal Records

  December 01, 2012 - The Air Force is changing the rules on how the media and general public get information about airmen accused of crimes. A recent Air Force Inst...

• Woman Has Lost Right To Know Father

  December 01, 2012 - A woman who wanted to know the identity of her sperm-donor father is taking her case to Canada's top court after the B.C. Court of Appeal threw...

• Researchers Charge Racial Profiling On Online Criminal Record Websites

  December 01, 2012 - Two Harvard researchers charged that a website which catalogs mug shots and criminal records engages in racial profiling in its advertising—j...

• Government At Fault For Many Criminal Record Errors

  December 01, 2012 - by Dick Baggett There are various reasons the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decided to reissue guidance on the use of criminal and ar...

• Workplace Violence Caused Nearly 17 Percent Of All Fatal U.S. Work Injuries In 2011

  December 01, 2012 - According to the 2011 Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries, workplace violence was the cause of nearly 17 percent of workplace fatalities in the U.S...

• NAPBS Offers Tips For Screening Job Candidates in 2013

  December 01, 2012 - As employers begin to plan business strategies for the upcoming year, there is no question that personnel needs will be high on their to-do lists....

• Nanomaterial Can Stop A Speeding Bullet

  December 01, 2012 - Researchers at a Rice University lab are researching technology that that could potentially stop a 9-millimeter bullet and seal the entryway behind...

• Ex-NASA Scientist’s Data Fears Come True

  December 01, 2012 - In 2007, Robert M. Nelson, an astronomer, and 27 other scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory sued NASA arguing that the space agency&rsquo...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  December 01, 2012 - A large background screening firm facing a class action lawsuit alleging inaccurate reports in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (...

• Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News

  December 01, 2012 - Two Colombian government employees arrested for selling sensitive information A former prosecutor and a clerk in Colombia’s office of at...

• BRB's Public Record Update

  December 01, 2012 - Alabama Effective October 1, 2012, Chief Justice Chuck Malone entered an Order mandating that all attorneys must e-file their documents in civil,...

• NBC TV's "Rossen Reports:" Background Check Mistakes Costs Jobs

  December 01, 2012 - NBC TV's "Rossen Reports:" Background Check Mistakes Costs Jobs Rossen Reports: Background check mistakes cost jobs When you...

• How We Punish Crime

  December 01, 2012 - by Chip Corwin I was taught in law school that prison sentences have two purposes: to ensure public safety and to punish the offender. For the...

• How Judges Set Bail

  November 30, 2012 - by Judge Galler You have probably seen news stories about someone being arrested for a horrible crime and then heard that the judge set bail al...

• Follow Up To Olympic Flag Seller Conviction

  November 01, 2012 - By Jennifer Selway If I get so much as a parking ticket I panic and assume my details have been forwarded for inclusion on the FBI’s Mos...

• Faking It - 'Clean' Urine

  November 01, 2012 - by WEAU-TV, Eau Claire Pre-employment and random drug tests have become standard for many companies.  But some think they can beat the...