There is a small but disturbing trend in local governments limiting or banning the use of criminal history searches in rental…

We recently discussed Facebook’s attempt to have the U.S. Supreme Court decide an important standing issue that was a key part…

Background checks are powerful tools to protect the public and when these checks are not conducted or are limited, the public…

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that screen scraping from public LinkedIn profiles likely does…

As noted by a Hunton blog, “Dollar General and the [EEOC] settled a six-year-old Title VII lawsuit.  The EEOC brought its…

Justin Hakes is Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs at the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), which represents the U.S….

CDIA filed a comment with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to a notice published a notice in the Federal…

In 2022, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a consumer reporting agency, took a deep dive into fraud committed against SNAP benefits agencies, and…

As noted in a SeyfarthShaw blog, In EEOC v. DolGenCorp, LLC d/b/a Dollar General, No. 13-CV-4307 (N.D. Ill. May 5, 2015),…