New York Clean Slate Act

New York Clean Slate Act CPL 160.57 Effective: Nov 16, 2024 The New York Clean Slate Act, passed in June 2023 and signed in November 2023 takes effect November 16, 2024.  ● The Clean Slate Act seals eligible misdemeanor convictions after three years from completion of a sentence, and eight years for eligible felonies.  ●The […]

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Conducting business with a security/investigative provider in Nevada

Over the last couple of decades, I have seen/heard of a variety of issues regarding what is/is not legal about providing security and/or investigative services in the State of Nevada. These come in the form of an out-of-state provider looking for “agents” in Nevada to work an executive protection detail or other security or investigative-related

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Regulations Impacting Employee Background Checks in California. Are You Compliant?

Introduction: In a constant effort to strike a balance between protecting employee rights and ensuring workplace safety, California has recently implemented new regulations that significantly impact how employers conduct background checks on their workforce. These changes, designed to enhance transparency and fairness, come with challenges for employers seeking to maintain a compliant and secure work

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Michigan Clean Slate Laws

Michigan’s Clean Slate Laws, signed into law on October 12, 2021, with an effective date of April 11, 2023, provide individuals with criminal records the opportunity to have their records expunged, or cleared, in certain circumstances. These laws are aimed at helping people with criminal records to move on from their past mistakes and have

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California proposes bill to effectively ban background checks

California continues to be a challenging jurisdiction for background checks. Efforts are continuing to require court clerks to include the date of birth as a search query.  Last year courts began removing the date of birth, the standard identifier used across the nation.  When conducting criminal records searches, without this identifier we can only search

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Beware the “Instant”, or “National” Criminal Background Check

Many background screening firms offer a National Criminal, Nationwide Criminal, or even an instant criminal search product. They are quick and inexpensive, however, there are considerations to using such products. What is a National/Nationwide Criminal Search? A powerful, virtually instant multi-jurisdictional search of hundreds of millions of state and county criminal records.  This database is

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Social Media Investigations

What is a Social Media Investigation? With a combination of software automation utilizing Artificial Intelligence and experienced social media analysts, a candidate’s potentially problematic online activity is identified and provided to you in an FCRA compliant report to use in your hiring decision. It does not involve you logging into a candidate’s social media with

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COURTHOUSES

Clark County Regional Justice Center Las Vegas, Nevada The Clark County Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas was opened in 2005. The 19-story building houses the Justice Court, Las Vegas Township, and the 8th Judicial District Court plus associated traffic, civil, specialty courts, offices of the court clerks, and administrative offices. In addition to

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