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No Tortious Interference Where Information Provided to Prospective Employer Was Truthful.
The plaintiff, who was terminated for violating company policy, later received an offer of employment from a new employer contingent on a background check. When the prospective employer learned from the prior employer the reason for the plaintiff’s termination, it withdrew the offer. The plaintiff sued his prior employer for, inter alia, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage.
New Law Requires Adoption Agencies to Perform Background Checks for Agency Employees.
On December 15, 2008, Governor Corzine signed into law bill S111, which requires all employees of adoption agencies that have been approved, or are seeking approval, by the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) to undergo criminal background and child abuse background checks.
