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Lawsuit Claims Bad Background Check Cost Man His Job
Written By Thomas Ahearn A Manhattan man has filed a class-action lawsuit against a background check company claiming that a job offered to him was rescinded after a background check mistakenly found...
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Background Check Lawsuit Claims Hotels Violated FCRA
Written By Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against ESA Management LLC, which operates more than 680 Extended Stay America hotels in the United States, alleges the company obtained background...
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Lawsuit Claims Job Applicants Misidentified As Criminal Defendants
Written By Thomas Ahearn A federal class action lawsuit claims a background check company misidentified thousands of job applicants as criminal defendants after they posted bail for people who had been...
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Auto Parts Dealer Faces Background Check Class Action Lawsuit
Written By Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed in Central California against O’Reilly Auto Parts alleges the company obtained and used information from background checks during its hiring...
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Court Approves Settlement in Background Checks Lawsuit
Written By Thomas Ahearn A New Jersey federal court has approved an $870,500 settlement between New Jersey-based New England Motor Freight and a group of 7,000 truck drivers who claimed that “the...
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FCRA Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Background Checks
Written By Thomas Ahearn A Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) class action lawsuit filed in a Georgia federal court alleges that a rent-to-own retailer ran background checks and credit reports on...
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed for Alleged FCRA Violations
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed in a Georgia federal court against Home Depot alleges the home improvement company violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act...
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OOIDA Members Lawsuit Challenges FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening Program
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Six members of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Boston, MA against the...
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Florida Law Firm Files Three Class Action Lawsuits on Same Day against...
Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) A Florida law firm filed federal class action lawsuits in the same court against three separate national...
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Lawsuit Over Retail Theft Database Settles for $2.38 Million
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A Pennsylvania federal judge has approved a settlement for $2.38 million in a class action lawsuit that alleged a retail theft database used for...
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Background Check Lawsuit Reaches Settlement
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that claimed a background check firm violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when providing...
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Lawsuit against WMATA Alleges Background Check Violations
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) claims that WMATA’s criminal background check policy...
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New Minnesota Drug Testing Case Gives Guidance on Which State Law Controls...
Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) A recurring issue for employers and background screening firms is which state law to apply when a criminal...
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Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Illegal Background Checks Settled
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed in New Jersey federal court that alleged that Canon Solutions America Inc. ran illegal background checks on their employees...
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed for Alleged FCRA Violations
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against Staples, Inc. alleges that the company failed to properly disclose to applicants and employees its use of consumer...
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LinkedIn Class Action Lawsuit Alleges FCRA Violations
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against LinkedIn Corp. alleges that the world’s largest web-based professional network violated the federal Fair Credit...
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Dollar General Settles FCRA Lawsuit for $4 Million
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed in Virginia federal court against discount retail chain Dollar General for alleged violations of the federal Fair Credit...
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Publix to Settle Lawsuit Over Background Checks for $6.8 Million
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Publix Super Markets Inc. will pay approximately $6.8 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges the company violated the federal Fair Credit...
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California Courts Closed for Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn California Courts and judicial branch offices will be closed Thursday, November 27, 2014 and Friday, November 28, 2014 in observance of the Thanksgiving...
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Background Checks
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit that claims a technology company that provides a request tool to facilitate transportation allegedly performed illegal background...
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