AGG Talks: Background Screening - Ban the Box and Fair Chance Hiring Laws: The Year in Review
Expungements: A Helping Hand for a Second Chance and New Opportunities
AGG Talks: Background Screening - Redaction of Identifiers by the Courts Update, Breaking News from California
AGG Talks: Background Screening - Redaction of Identifiers by the Courts in Michigan and California Pose Challenges for Background Checks
[WEBINAR] Exploring the CPRA’s Investigatory Privilege
Devil in the Details: Gilbert King on Truth and Transparency in the Judicial Process
How to Conduct Criminal Background Checks the Right Way
INCBA is excited to expand opportunities for justice in the cannabis industry in a two-day event. On Friday, February 9, 2024, we will hear from attorneys and a justice involved cannabis professional in a fireside chat...more
If you're like most individuals, your reputation matters, and you don't want your criminal record to hinder your chances of securing a job, gaining admission to school, obtaining a professional license, securing a loan, or...more
Since its legalization in 2014, Colorado's cannabis industry has experienced unprecedented growth, surpassing $10.5 billion in total sales. The first quarter of 2021 alone saw marijuana sales exceeding $560 million, according...more
The recently released Legal Deserts Report 2.0, or LDR2, which we coauthored with the National Survivor Law Collective and the Avery Center, highlights the continued gaps in access to justice for victims of human trafficking....more
Included in the defense spending bill signed by President Biden in December 2022 is a section with key provisions for financial institutions that will ease restrictions on hiring candidates with criminal records....more
On June 10, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Connecticut’s “Clean Slate” law, Public Act No. 21-32. The Clean Slate law became effective January 1, 2023, and it provides for the automatic erasure of certain criminal...more
Earlier this month, Governor Ned Lamont announced the long-awaited implementation of the state’s so-called “Clean Slate Act” – sort of. According to a recent press release, January 1, 2023 will see the full or partial...more
When Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 this Election Day to legalize personal use of marijuana by adults 21 and older, employers were sure to have questions. Besides legalizing the recreational use of marijuana (also...more
A critical part of criminal justice reform is making it easier for those with criminal records to reenter society. This means greater job training, more employment opportunities, affordable housing, and stronger laws...more
While the “right to be forgotten” is part of European law, it is at odds with U.S. precedent. See, e.g., Garcia v. Google, Inc., 786 F.3d 733, 745–46 (9th Cir. 2015). A Georgia law allowing the father of a deceased rape...more
Many states have legalized the use of cannabis for medical and/or recreational usage. However, cannabis is still listed as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act and thus illegal at the federal level. Passage...more
As we previously discussed, Illinois has moved beyond “ban-the-box” and now significantly restricts employers’ ability to consider criminal convictions when making employment decisions. (For more details see our employer’s...more
On April 12, 2021, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed House Bill 2, the Cannabis Regulation Act (the “Act”), which legalizes recreational cannabis in the state. In addition to legalizing recreational...more
As we start the year, with a new Administration and the Democrats in (slim) control of both Houses of Congress, some in the cannabis business are tempted to cheer in anticipation of a very successful year on cannabis...more
This Wednesday, November 20, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup of H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act). The bill’s sponsors and advocates for cannabis normalization...more
Does the statutory right to appellate review of a superior court’s final judgment under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-27(b)(1) apply to a criminal appeal by the State? That is the central question a divided Supreme Court addressed a...more
• On May 31, 2019, the Illinois General Assembly adopted the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the Act) – legalizing the sale, possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes by adults over age 21 starting Jan. 1,...more
Legislators considered dozens of bills this week in advance of the bill crossover deadline. Both chambers are taking a short break before the Senate gears up to release and pass their version of the budget by the end of the...more
In 2010, Massachusetts was one of the first jurisdictions to adopt a “Ban the Box” law, which prohibits employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal record on an employment application. The purpose of these laws is to...more
• The Illinois General Assembly's Public Act 100-1162, signed on Dec. 20, 2018, amends the Juvenile Court Act (JCA) to extend the deadlines for automatic expungement of juvenile law enforcement records. • Compliance with...more
An amendment to South Carolina law allows individuals to have certain criminal records expunged following a successful court petition. This means that, among other things, a prospective employee would not be required to...more
• Public Act 100-0720 corrects provisions of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (JCA) that denied minors and their parents access to a minor's law enforcement records. • Other provisions and oversights of the JCA continue to...more
In the current robust economic climate, employers are often faced with the inverse of the predicament they encountered only 10 years ago. In 2008, many businesses began drastically downsizing. Today, however, employers...more
Late last month, the South Carolina General Assembly overrode Governor Henry McMasters’ veto of legislation intended to make it easier for residents to remove minor criminal convictions from their records. The new law was...more
In an effort to increase the state’s potential workforce, the South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation last week that will expand the state’s current expungement law and allow individuals to more easily remove...more