Law firms are coming after the low hanging fruit i.e. engaging in potentially successful lawsuits against private employers. Is your firm an “easy pick”? The good news is it is easy to avoid being sued. Plaintiff lawyers are discovering a fertile area for lawsuits. The area of attack is a company’s lack of compliance with […]

Another company found guilty of not obtaining an authorization to conduct criminal a background check. And the company was found guilty of not sending pre-adverse action letters. These steps are so easy to do. Why risk paying a settlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars for not complying. Call us to find out how easy […]

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Another company found guilty of not obtaining an authorization to conduct criminal a background check? And found guilty of not sending pre-adverse action letters. These steps are so easy to do. Why risk paying a settlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars for not complying. Call us to find out how easy compliance can be accomplished. […]

BACKGROUND A screening provider usually uses multi-jurisdictional databases to perform background investigations to uncover criminal convictions. These databases should be considered excellent secondary tools to uncover a criminal conviction. They should never be considered a primary source of criminal convictions. Section 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681k and 1681l of the Fair Credit Reporting Act allows two […]