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Court reinstates background checks for professors at state universities in Pennsylvania
A judge ruled that faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities who teach 100-level courses must resume completing criminal background and child abuse clearance checks as required by a State System of Higher Education policy. Read More
FCRA case filings increased significantly in 2015
According to a report by WebRecon, filings under the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 2015 exceeded the amount of cases filed in 2014 by more than 53 percent and are up more than 147 percent since 2007. Read More
Two major retailers fined for violations of “Ban the Box” law
According to The Buffalo News , Big Lots and Marshalls have agreed to pay a combined $195K in fines for violating Buffalo’s “Ban the Box” ordinance by including criminal history inquiries on their job applications at their Buffalo stores. Read More
Sporting goods store accused of violating FCRA in new class-action lawsuit
The suit claims that Hibbett Sporting Goods, an Alabama-based sporting goods retailer, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), for failing to comply with the Act’s pre-adverse action requirements. Read More
FTC report provides recommendations to businesses on growing use of big data
On Jan. 6, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report titled “ Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues , ” which describes how big data use can run afoul of federal laws and regulations. Read More