Certiorari Denied In Dispute Over Privacy Of Commercial Driver Records

Mealey's (June 21, 2017, 12:11 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its June 19 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari by a group of commercial motor vehicle operators who alleged that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) violated the Privacy Act by releasing driving records to prospective employers that were broader than those mandated in a federally established pre-employment screening program (Thomas O. Flock, et al. v. U.S. Department of Transportation, et al., No. 16-1151, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3970)....