Representative Hansen Clarke (D-MI-13) has proposed HR 6220, to prohibit an employer from inquiring whether an applicant for employment has been convicted of a criminal offense, except in certain circumstances. Referred to as the “Ban the Box Act”, this bill is of similar intent Read More

A bipartisan group of six lawmakers joined Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-MA-7) and Joe Barton (R-TX-6), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, and has sent letters to nine major data brokerage companies querying each about how it collects, assembles Read More

Assembly Democrats Paul Moriarty, Herb Conaway, M.D., and Dan Benson sponsored A-1238 to combat identity theft by requiring the hard drives of all digital copy machines to be wiped clean to protect sensitive, personal information. The bill was approved 51-28 on May 31by the Read More

Questioned Documents v. 2009 NRC Report Decision of Note: The D.C. Court of Appeals has held on the state of forensic science-that handwriting comparison and identification, as practiced by FBI examiners, passes the Frye test for admissibility. The case came about as a result of Read More

Vote NO on HB 1006!! The Indiana legislature has introduced HB 1006 to repeal mandatory licensing of private investigators and security guards. The Indiana Association of Professional Investigators (IAPI) and the Indiana Society of Professional Investigators (INSPI) are working Read More

The first proposed bill pertains to international travel of registered sex offenders, Megan’s Law, and the End Child  Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes Act (ECPAT). The second bill concerns federal confidential informants who commit Read More

It was a busy week for executive committee members of ISPLA who walked the halls of Congress, promoted ISPLA-PAC activities, and joined other members who were attending the 28th Intellenet Annual Conference being held in Washington, DC. ISPLA board member Jim Olsen, of Texas, Read More

“The right of one charged with crime to counsel may not be deemed fundamental and essential to fair trials in some countries, but it is in ours.” – Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) This is an ISPLA update on part of our work the past year with Equal Justice, Sixth Amendment, Read More