The News-Leader is a paper that serves the outer-suburban parts of Virginia in Staunton.  A headline appeared in that paper’s Dec….

The Justice Center of the Council of State Governments (CSG) highlighted a conference in Atlanta, Reducing the Risk of a Criminal…

A story by the WSJ highlights both the need for criminal checks and the legal complexities around criminal background checks.

In November 2014, there was a Justice Reinvestment National Summit in San Diego convened by Pew, the Justice Center of CSG…

Today the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Charlotte Burrows to be a member of the EEOC and voted to confirm for…

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the ranking member and incoming chair of Senate HELP, has issued a report,  EEOC: An Agency…

The FTC has issued a new web page, Background Checks: Tips for Job Applicants and Employees.  This webpage offers information for consumers…

As noted in a recent article in the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal, “Baltimore lawyer Jason Tashea is hoping to make…

Every week a column, The Ethicist, appears in the  in the Sunday New York Times Magazine.  This column is sort of…

Here and Now is a syndicated radio program produced by WBUR in Boston.  A segment ran on WAMU, the public radio…