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Background Checks
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Media Law Prof Blog
Social Media Background Checks and the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Sherry Denise Sanders, Southern University Law Center, is publishing Privacy is Dead: The Birth of Social Media Background Checks in the Southern University Law Review. Here is the abstract.For years employers…
California Employment Law Report
Everyone Needs To Calm Down About Social Media And The Law
I would love to be able to tell my clients that the Internet and social media has created a very complex set of legal issues that requires them to hire…
California Employment Law
Hiring Employees With Conviction (Part 2)
Many employers utilize background checks to gather information prior to making hiring decisions. In the past, if someone turned up with a felony conviction, their application was dismissed. NOT SO FAST!…
Employment & Labor
FTC Warns That Background Searches via Mobile App May Violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act
By Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
by Jeffrey M. Landes, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Steven M. Swirsky, and Jennifer A. Goldman On January 25, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") sent warning letters to three companies that…
Workforce Bulletin
FTC Warns That Background Searches via Mobile App May Violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act
By Kara M. Maciel, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
by Jeffrey M. Landes, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Steven M. Swirsky, and Jennifer A. Goldman On January 25, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") sent warning letters to three companies…
Workforce Bulletin
FTC Warns That Background Searches via Mobile App May Violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act
by Jeffrey M. Landes, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Steven M. Swirsky, and Jennifer A. Goldman On January 25, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") sent warning letters to three companies that…
Ad Law Access
FTC Warns 6 Mobile Apps about Possible FCRA Violations
The FTC this week warned marketers of six mobile apps that provide background screening that the companies may be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FTC warned the…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Warns Marketers of Mobile Apps About Potential FCRA Violations
On February 6, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission warned six marketers of background screening mobile applications that they may be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Ethical Investigator
Background Checks for All: Lessons from the Alleged Archdiocese Theft
Anita Collins, an elderly woman working as an accounts payable clerk for the New York Archdiocese, was recently arrested for embezzling funds from the church. That’s bad news for the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Paying a Price, Long After the Crime”
Main January 10, 2012"Paying a Price, Long After the Crime"The title of this post is the headline of this New York Times op-ed by Professors Alfred Blumstein and Kiminori Nakamura.…