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The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) may not be the first employment law that comes to mind when an employer wants to reduce legal risks and ...

Conducting a self background check can identify problem areas way before potential employers or landlords search you up.

A background check can sink a job offer if prospective employers don’t like what they see. While they can request to have a lot of information about a job candidate’s past included in such a report, ...

Normally, background checks procured for employment purposes fall within the FCRA's definition of "consumer report," 15 U.S.C. Section 1681b (B) (2) (A) (i). The recently filed class action, Long, ...

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