Fired attorney wins $1.3 million verdict 
By:
David Donovan
Published: January 14, 2013
Tags: background check, breach of confidentiality, confidentiality
When Waverly Partners, a Charlotte, N.C.-based executive headhunting firm, reached out to attorney Shawn Smith about a position it was trying to fill, she says she warned them that her job would be in jeopardy if her supervisors found out she was interviewing for other jobs.
It turned out she was right.
Prosecutors seek to check criminal history of jurors
Published: January 27, 2012
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, background check, Batson, juries, jurors
Prosecutors in New Jersey are asking a court for the birth dates of all potential jurors for purposes of running criminal history checks on them.
Court upholds job background check over privacy challenge
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 19, 2011
Tags: background check, Employment Law, privacy rights, Supreme Court
Contract employees’ privacy interests do not prevent a government employer from seeking information, including data on previous drug use, drug treatment, and mental and financial stability, in an employment background check, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
EMPLOYMENT – PRIVACY
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 19, 2011
Tags: background check, Employment Law, privacy rights, Supreme Court
Contract employees’ privacy interests do not prevent a government employer from seeking information, including data on previous drug use, drug treatment, and mental and financial stability, in an employment background check.
See “Court upholds job background check despite privacy challenge.”
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