Although the car of a Mid-South nurse was found with meth, marijuana and 600 prescription pills inside, her license has remained untarnished. The...
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Former U.S. Army and Army Reserve veteran and PSA Airlines pilot Christian Richard Martin had been found guilty of assault on a child under the...
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Nineteen businesses were recently cited by Attorney General Maura Healey for violation of the state’s ban-the-box law. A similar round of...
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) case in which the plaintiff sued a consumer reporting...
MoreE-Verify Begins Validating Driver’s License Data with National Law Enforcement Tracking System
As part of ongoing expansions, the E-Verify system now can check driver’s license data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto...
MoreTeacher Charged With Attempted Murder Passed Criminal Background and Reference Check, Records Show
Andres Rodriguez, who is accused of shooting a man seven times following a traffic dispute in Tinley Park last year, beat out five candidates for...
MoreMan Accused of Exploiting 12 Children at N. Charleston Church Had 2008 Conviction for Assaulting Ohio Child
Jacob Hazlett, the former North Charleston church volunteer who was charged with five additional sexual exploitation counts was prosecuted when he...
MoreDealership Controller Embezzles $1.1 Million
Vanessa Vence-Small, of New Windsor, N.Y., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced Nov. 28 in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn., to...
More2018 Arizona Legislative Session What’s New for Arizona Employers?
Arizona’s new House Bill (HB) 2311, which will become effective Aug. 3, 2018, aims to create a blanket limitation on liability for employers that...
MoreNew California Laws Restrict Employer Access to Criminal and Pay Histories
In recent years, California joined other states in banning an employer’s ability to rely on criminal history information when making hiring...
MoreBank Moves to Dismiss Background Screening Class Action Complaint Based on Federal Preemption Argument
In March, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., moved to dismiss a class action complaint filed by Damian McCoy in the Western District of...
More“Ban the Box” Legislation Expands – What Should Employers Do?
With “Ban the Box” laws continuing to expand, many states are beginning to consider whether they should be asking questions about arrest and...
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