International News

• Britain Contemplates New Court Tier to Tackle Case

  The UK is considering a new intermediate court tier to combat a record backlog of cases and prison overcrowding. Overcrowding led to early prisoner releases, as the Crown Court backlog re...

• England and Wales Crown Court Backlog Again

  Crown court backlog in England and Wales hits new record high The figures prompted the Government to announce a major review of the courts system.     Jury trial...

• A Status Report on Afghanistan Since the Taliban T

  Contrary to many popular assumptions, the courts in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan are currently operational, albeit with irregular procedures and without the use of clear legal authorities. U...

• People In Limbo As England Criminal Court Delays W

  New data released shows the number of open cases in the magistrates’ courts continue to pile up, the Law Society of England and Wales has said.   HM Courts and Tribunal...

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National News

• A Host of Procedural Errors Lands Sterling in Hot

    Sterling Infosystems, a consumer reporting agency that sells background checks, falsely reported to a prospective employer that a job candidate had a criminal history and an active...

• CRA'S Get Sued For Screening Out Candidates by Cri

  Third-party employee screening companies are finding themselves more in the litigation fray in California for blocking job seekers with criminal records thanks to a growing advocacy and l...

• New Michigan Criminal Record Lookup Platform Avail

  Access to Michigan public records, specifically criminal records, is useful tool for looking up someone's criminal past. MichiganCriminalRecords.us, a newly launched website, is makin...

• NYC Starts Enforcing Restrictions On AI In Hiring

  New York City’s law requiring employers to audit and notify candidates about the use of automated employment decision tools will be enforced began July 5, the city’s Departmen...

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Press Releases

• Rwanda's 41 Ordinary Courts and Their Locations

  Rwanda's judiciary system is divided into several layers, and at the bottom of the hierarchy, there are Primary Courts, or "Inkiko z'Ibanze" in Kinyarwanda. These courts...

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  Global Employment Criminal Background Check Servic

  The Global Employment Criminal Background Check Services Market Size is to Grow from USD 3003.8 Million in 2023 to USD 593...

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  Straightline Int'l Meets With Ontario Courts

  Last week The Background Investigator (and Straightline International) went to Ontario where they successfully got the backlogs cleared u...

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  Job Availablity for Inteperter

  This is a current job availablity document for an interpreter to be posted for 21 days...

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