Podcast – State laws on screening and federal preemption
Excerpted from a Troutman Pepper Blog Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Dave Gettings and colleagues Tim St. George and Cindy Hanson for a highly informative discussion on federal preemption as […]
CFPB slams “old information” in background checks
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent out a message this week warning credit reporting companies about including outdated information, particularly people’s criminal records, when creating background check reports. The […]
Background check company’s faulty report leads to trial
We ran across an interesting case in San Diego this week. Specifically, a background screening company will face trial over claims it produced an inaccurate and outdated report that led […]
Faulty background checks violating privacy and lives
Excerpted from an article in The Hill by Sarah Esther Lageson and Robert Stewart Criminal-record screening has become a pillar of life in the digital age. Employers, landlords and consumers […]