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Care.com Nailed for Shallow Due-Diligence
Looking back, it seems as though Care.com, a company that offers online listings of babysitters and other caregivers, was taking big risks by doing...
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Background Checking for Sexual Harassment: How a Background Check Missed a Man’s “Very Long History Abusing Women”
It’s pointless to check the criminal record of a job applicant only in the immediate area where the prospective employee lives; because of people’s...
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Inside a law firm’s vetting of clients
The “Paradise Papers,” a cache of 6.8-million internal documents of the Bermuda-based Appleby law firmleaked to the International Consortium of...
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Each of the ‘Big Four’ publicly disclose sexual misconduct firings, embracing transparency.
The Financial Times reported that PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte (Britain’s four largest accounting firms) fired dozens of their partners in the last...
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3 suitcases with 15 million in cash crossing the border. It’s not what you think.
The New York Times reported that recently “Israel allowed a car to cross into Gaza with three suitcases holding $15 million in cash. By Friday...
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Background Screening Inside Candidates: When Background Screening an Inside Candidate, You Might Want to Check Your Own Files
The first in the series of mishaps at University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine occurred in March 2016, when the school’s then-dean...
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Questionable college degrees on the resumes of the powerful
Cristina Cifuentes, premier of Madrid, has returned to King Juan Carlos University the master’s degree in public law that she was awarded in 2012,...
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Pre-Employment Check: Even a “rigorous pre-employment check” can miss it
A business that forces out an employee for questionable behavior often tries to keep the news from outsiders, including prospective future employers...
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The former boxer may regret saying, “You can call me Floyd Crypto Mayweather from now on.”
When federal authorities recently charged two 20-something cryptocurrency promoters with lying to investors, it was “a harsh awakening for...
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Making Inquiries With Former Co-workers Can Spotlight Past Sexual Harassment
Clients of the Mintz Group looking to hire executives are increasingly asking us for help in determining whether a job applicant has engaged in...