Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys Susan Corcoran, Richard Greenberg, Michael Griffin, and Brian Keeley published an article analyzing new requirements to Washington State’s 2025 expanded Fair Chance Act imposing limits on criminal information inquiries and prohibiting employers from requesting an individual’s criminal background information before a conditional offer of employment is made.

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