Category: Criminal Records

NFL Cancels Meeting with Auction Winner Due to Failed Background Check

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 29, 2020, the National Football League (NFL) announced the cancellation of a meeting between the winner of a COVID-19 charity auction and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to experience a “Monday Night Football” game at Goodell’s home due to a failed background check, the Sports Business …

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Audit Finds Oregon Needs Improved Background Checks for Child Care Workers

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 3, 2020, the Oregon Secretary of State Audits Division released an audit titled “Oregon Department of Education, Oregon Department of Human Services, and Oregon State Police: Oregon Should Improve Child Safety by Strengthening Child Care Background Checks and the State’s Sex Offender Registry” that found …

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Lawsuit Claims Background Check Policy of Bank Violated Title VII

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 20, 2020, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed in a Delaware federal court “against Bank of America for violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a result of discriminatory background check policy and practice,” according to a copy of …

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Los Angeles County DA Will Dismiss Nearly 66,000 Marijuana Convictions

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 13, 2020, Los Angeles County District Attorney (DA) Jackie Lacey and Code for America announced that nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions eligible for relief under Proposition 64 – The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act will be dismissed as part of their partnership. …

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CFPB Releases Report Providing Overview of Background Screening Industry

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 3, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – the agency enforcing federal consumer financial laws – announced the release of a report titled “Market Snapshot: Background Screening Reports – Criminal Background Checks in Employment” that provides an overview of companies involved in the background …

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Family of Woman Murdered during Appliance Delivery Calls for Background Checks on In-Home Service Workers

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The family of an elderly woman brutally murdered during an appliance delivery at her home in Boca Raton, Florida, in August of 2019 has called for “state – and possibly federal – legislation to require comprehensive background checks for in-home service workers, as well as continuous monitoring …

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Man Linked to Cold Case Murder by Fingerprint Background Check for Job Sentenced to Life in Prison

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 23, 2019, a man linked to a decades-old cold case murder that occurred in Florida in 1998 after he applied for a job that required him to undergo a fingerprint background check in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison for the crime, according to …

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Criminal Record of Quadruple Homicide Suspect Did Not Appear on Tenant Background Check

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Housing Authority of Columbus, Georgia is investigating why the past criminal record of a quadruple homicide suspect accused of stabbing his girlfriend and their three children to death did not appear on a tenant background check conducted on him, according to a report from WTVM-TV News …

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Pennsylvania Clean Slate Starts Sealing 30 Million Criminal Records on One-Year Anniversary of Signing

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 28, 2019, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced at a press conference to celebrate the one-year anniversary of him signing House Bill 1419, the “Clean Slate” bill into law that the automatic sealing of criminal records would begin that day, according to a press release on …

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Madison Square Garden to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over Background Check Policy

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Madison Square Garden has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the arena “imposed too strict of requirements for criminal disclosures that had a disparate impact on minority applicants,” according to a report from the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor. Consumer …

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