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Background Check Delays Common in Contra Costa County
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Contra Costa County Superior Court in California has experienced background check delays of “epic proportions” lasting up to a month and causing job...
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Sony Pictures Faces Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. claims the company did not take adequate measures to prevent a “massive” data breach...
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FCRA Class Action Lawsuits will Continue to Increase Even if No One is...
Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Class action lawsuits for federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations will increase in 2015 even if...
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California Courts Closed December 25 for Christmas Day
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn California Courts and judicial branch offices will be closed Thursday, December 25, 2014 in observance of the Christmas Day holiday. For a schedule of...
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Whole Foods Faces Background Check Class Action Lawsuit
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed in a Florida federal court alleges that grocery store chain Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. performed illegal background...
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Paramount Class Action Lawsuit Alleges FCRA Violations
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit claims Paramount Pictures Corporation improperly performed consumer reports for employment purposes in alleged violation of federal...
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Background Checks
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against Michaels Stores Inc. alleges the craft supply retailer “neglected to properly inform job applicants that the company...
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FCRA Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pizza Hut
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit filed against Pizza Hut alleges that the company violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requirement that a “clear...
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Another FCRA Lawsuit Filed Against Michaels Stores
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) with improper background checks on job applicants was filed...
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Court Rules in Favor of Employer Withdrawing Job Offer after Applicant Lied
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled in favor of an employer who withdrew a job offer after finding discrepancies between the criminal history...
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Court Affirms Judgment against EEOC in Freeman Case
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity...
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FCRA Class Action Lawsuits Against Employers Becoming Routine
Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Two class action lawsuits filed in federal courts in Wisconsin by the same lawyers and the same lead...
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Hawaii Supreme Court Decision Helps Define Ban the Box Laws
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court in the case Shimose v. Hawaii Health Systems Corp., No. SCWC-12-0000422 (Jan. 16, 2015) helps to define “ban the...
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$3 Million Settlement Reached in FCRA Class Action Lawsuit
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A settlement of $3 million was reached in class action lawsuit between a group of job applicants and east coast grocery store chain Food Lion, LLC and...
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Lawsuit Filed Over Background Check Error
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A Minnesota woman has filed a lawsuit claiming a background check error confusing her with a convicted felon ruined her reputation and cost her a job,...
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FCRA Class Action Lawsuit Against Paramount Pictures Dismissed
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A U.S. District Judge has granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss in the class action lawsuit that claimed Paramount violated the federal Fair Credit...
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Class Action Lawsuit against Major National Online Retailer Underscores Need...
Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) In a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle on April 7, 2015, a major national online...
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LinkedIn Granted Motion to Dismiss in FCRA Lawsuit
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A federal judge in the Northern District of California has granted a motion to dismiss in a class action lawsuit against LinkedIn Corporation that...
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Home Depot Settles FCRA Lawsuit for $1.8 Million
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A settlement of $1.8 million has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Home Depot that claimed the home improvement and construction retailer...
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Supreme Court to Consider FCRA Lawsuit against People Search Website
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the ‘Petition for a Writ of Certiorari’ to question whether online people search website Spokeo Inc. should continue...
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