All Posts Tagged With: "legislation"
ISPLA Update: Prohibition on the Use of Video Surveillance
ISPLA has been representing investigative and security professionals regarding a bill about which we previously issued an alert soon after its introduction on April 15.
S. 3214, the Surreptitious Video Surveillance Act introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), if enacted, would amend Title III of the Omnibus Crime and Control Act of 1968 as amended by [...]
New York State Professional Process Servers Association Q&A on New Process Servers Bill
There have been many questions and concerns about the new Process Serving bill in New York and the New York State Professional Process Server’s Association created a great Q & A to assist process servers in understanding what is happening with the new bill and what they need to do to be prepared for the [...]
26Apr2010 | Stephanie Mitchell | 0 comments | Continued
ISPLA: FTC Could Become More Powerful, Not Good for Investigators
The Federal Trade Commission could become more powerful with a provision tucked in the financial reform bill H.R. 4173, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009” that would expand its rule-making abilities, according to a Washington Post article of April 26, 2010.
Consumer protection groups support such a result, which has recently prompted [...]
International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act
SENATORS HATCH AND GILLIBRAND INTRODUCE FIRST OF ITS KIND MEASURE TO BOLSTER CYBERSECURITY – Bill Fosters International Coordination, Cracks Down on Foreign Countries That Offer Cyber Criminals Havens…
Washington, D.C. March 23, 2010 – With the growing cost of cybercrime, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act, [...]
New York City Passes Tougher Process Server Licensing and Regulations
The deliberate failure by some process servers to deliver the notification of a court filing followed by a false affidavit of successful delivery has been described “as a rising problem” in New York City and was outlined in our article “Fraudulent Service of Process Continues to Plague New York” published in October 2009. In response, [...]
29Mar2010 | Stephanie Mitchell | 4 comments | Continued
ISPLA Represents Industry at Final FTC Roundtable in Washington, D.C.
The Federal Trade Commission held their final roundtable on consumer privacy issues March 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. The roundtable is the last of three public events designed to explore the privacy challenges that are posed by technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) [...]
19Mar2010 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
Repo Man Might Face Extinction in the Future: Repossession Agents Under Fire!
The National Consumer Law Center released “Repo Madness: How Automobile Repossessions Endanger Owners, Agents and the Public.” It is a publication promoting legislation restricting repo work to sworn law enforcement officers.
It is posted on-line at:
http://www.nclc.org/issues/auto/content/Repo_madness_Report_0310.pdf
Here is the included press release via PR NEWSWIRE
Repo Madness Threatens Consumers
BOSTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dozens of consumers, repossession [...]
S560, The Employee Free Choice Act, Dead?
Contract security guard companies can breathe a bit easier; the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) seems to be near dead in the water, now that the Democrats lost their 60-vote majority in the Senate. In addition, the loss of a potential appointee to the National Labor Relations Board this week occurred when Republicans blocked the [...]
8Jan2010 | Bruce Hulme | 0 comments | Continued
Private Investigators in a Changing Political Climate
[This is a very good update by Bruce Hulme, the investigations industries' undisputed top politico, as to what has just occurred in D.C. and the political climate from an industry point of view. It also reiterates our immediate need for a PAC and answers some very common questions about PAC's. Working with everyone in D.C. [...]
7Jan2010 | ISPLA | 1 comment | Continued
Michigan Bail Bond Personnel Licensure Act Before the State Legislature
There is yet another move in Michigan to wrangle in the Bail Agents, Fugitive Recovery Agents and Bail Bond Runners working within the state- this time in the form of Michigan House Bill 5536, the “Bail Bond Personnel Licensure Act.”
Read the original bill here.
This bill has not yet been approved by either the Senate or [...]
6Jan2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
Pennsylvania Association of Bail Professionals Forms Amid Proposed Legislation
From the new PABP website:
“Today the Pennsylvania Association of Bail Professionals stands on the road of a journey already underway. Pennsylvania’s commercial bail bond industry is in a dynamic state of change. Proposed changes affect the Department of Insurance, surety companies, bail bond agents, professional bail bondsman, instate bail enforcement agents and bail enforcement agents [...]
ISPLA Represents Industry at Congressional Briefing on Indigent Criminal Defense
Peter Psarouthakis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Investigators & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) testified on behalf of the investigative industry on December 14th at critical hearings held in Detroit, Michigan.
He provided comments to both the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Briefing on Solutions to the Indigent Defense Crisis and the Michigan House [...]
The American Private Investigator December Podcast is Posted
The December 2009 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, gives you the inside scoop from leading investigators about the latest in educational resources, equipment, upcoming events, recent changes in legislation that affect the way private investigators perform their jobs, and reveals fraud and asset recovery best practice resources. The December [...]
14Dec2009 | Paul Jaeb | 0 comments | Continued
ISPLA Legislative Thanksgiving 2009 Holiday Update
ISPLA expects very little action from Congress over the Thanksgiving Holiday recess, but for those interested there have been some recent developments in the courts regarding HR218 which may impact the rights of some law enforcement officers and a few colleagues. HR218 is the bill that became the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act [...]
25Nov2009 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
