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• Les Rosen's Corner Class Action Suit for not Following the Fair Credit Reporting Act

  May 01, 2011 - In a case that once again emphasizes the importance of employers following the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for employment screening, attorneys for thousands of mass-transit drivers and school bus drivers announced approval of a class action settlement of 4.3 million dollars for failure to adhere to the requirements of the FCRA. The proposed settlement was approved by a federal Judge in Illinois stemming from a national class-action suit involving allegations of FCRA violations against sister companies that employed drivers. According to the press release, the suit alleged that the two companies - both subsidiaries of a company in Great Britain - obtained criminal background checks on drivers and job applicants without th...

• Steven Brownstein Off-island Until May19th

  May 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein will dapart Saipan for Vietnam on May 13th. Most of Steven Brownstein's efforts will be towards building a continuin...

• Centrally Located Criminal Court Search Flawed

  May 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein When you check central courts, and central courts only, the habit (and now NAPBS guideline) of omitting background checks...

• Dennis Brownstein And Straightline International Revamp Turn_Around Times

  April 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein Straightline International Makes Record Search Turnaround Time Calculations As Easy As Clicking A Button My brother, D...

• Criminal Association In Cyberspace

  April 01, 2011 - by Art Bowker A prohibition against any criminal associations is a standard condition common in community supervision (probation, parole, super...

• The Long Shadow Of A Criminal Record

  April 01, 2011 - by Erik Roskes I have a patient who carries a conviction for a very serious felony.  In 2001, he was convicted, and given probation and a...

• Les Rosen's Corner Court Rules Staffing Firm that Outsources Background Checks Cannot be Sued Unde

  April 01, 2011 - A staffing firm that places individuals in temporary positions with independent employers cannot be sued under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Ac...

• TV Star From "The Wire" Arrested

  March 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein Ever watch  on HBO the series, "The Wire?" A gang banging, drug dealing killer on the show, Snoop, real...

• Texas Law On Reference Checks

  March 01, 2011 - by Dick Baggett There are two sets of what are called FEPAs (Fair Employment Practice Acts) in the U.S. Most employers are “somewhat&rdqu...

• How Much Should Employers Know?

  March 01, 2011 - by Emily Gurnon After a 15-year-old girl was raped by a convicted sex offender who worked at RadioShack in New Prague, MN,  her mother and...

• Industry in India Must Wake Up To Rising Corporate Fraud

  March 01, 2011 - by Garry Singh  & Abhinav Mohindru Experience is a hard school, but fools will learn no other.” This often-written line by s...

• Justice Department Beefs Up Foreign Corruption Act Enforcement

  March 01, 2011 - By John Pappalardo and Kara Bombach In recent years, U.S. government officials have acknowledged the increasing focus on Foreign Corrupt Practi...

• Les Rosen's Corner NASA and Background Checks

  March 01, 2011 - In a case pitting individual privacy rights of citizens against national security concerns of a country, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overtur...

• Patience Prevails While Awaiting Japanese Public Record Searches

  March 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein Luckily, I left Tokyo with my wife, Rhoda, on Thursday, the day before the horrible earthquake and tsunami. And our is...

• Straightline International Visited the Sydney, Australia Central Criminal Courthouse Pictured Above

  March 01, 2011 - By Steven Brownstein You probably didn't know this but Australia lies just a little more than four hours flying time from Saipan. This...

• Maryland Courts Get Online System Update

  March 01, 2011 - Online Court Records: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t By Edward Ericson Jr. Users of the state’s online court records database...

• Justice Denied - Illegals In The USA

  February 01, 2011 - By Stephanie Czekalinski Being in the United States without the government's permission, such as after a visa expires, is a violation of ci...

• Rhode Island Truants Who Offend Magistrates Are Sent Straight To Jail

  February 01, 2011 - By Lynn Arditi For years, magistrates for Rhode Island Family Court’s truancy program have imprisoned students who misbehave during heari...