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By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court and Congress writer – July 28, 2010

After weeks of uncertainty and a highly publicized fight in the Senate, President Obama signed an emergency six-month extension of unemployment benefits into law last Thursday. The law extends unemployment insurance benefits for about 2.5 million unemployed individuals since the last [...]

By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – July 20, 2010
A jury in the District of Columbia has awarded five black city police officers a total of $900,000. The federal jury’s recent verdict confirmed that the officers in question were retaliated against after filing racial discrimination complaints with [...]

By Gode Davis, political staff columnist – July 13, 2010
Just prior to the Independence Day weekend, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was lambasted by the Conservative wing of the Republican Party for questioning the logic of the American troop presence in Afghanistan. If there is one thing that Conservative Republicans can agree on, it’s [...]

By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – July 8, 2010
Most people believe they are safe at home posting and tweeting about the “idiot” they have for a boss or about the latest company gossip because they are safe to do it from home. This may not be the case. Employees may have no privacy [...]

By Jason Bland, guest political columnist – June 29, 2010
Jesus and his disciples traveled unto the outskirts of Jerusalem where they would rest for the night before heading into the city. When they were settled, Jesus told two of his disciples to go into the city and procure an ass and a colt, which [...]

By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – June 23, 2010
President Obama hopes to reinvigorate the push for comprehensive climate change legislation in a meeting with Senate lawmakers today.
Climate change legislation has succumbed to the familiar fate of many recent Democratic measures: a perceived failure to be able to hit the 60-vote threshold needed [...]

By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – June 15, 2010
Last week, board members of the Sunnyside Unified School District voted to join in civil litigation opposing Arizona’s controversial new immigration law SB1070. This recently adopted law has sparked debate across the nation, with critics branding the law [...]

By Gode Davis, political staff columnist – June 8, 2010
The most horrific crime of genocide existed long before the word was invented. This very specific term, a reference to violent crimes committed against a group of people with the malevolent intent of destroying the very existence of that group, was coined in 1944 by a [...]

By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – June 2, 2010

In what appears to be an escalating war of who paid what to whom, or who didn’t pay what to whom, some believe Apple is coming out looking a tad inferior for wear in the lawsuit Nokia launched against it for patent infringement. What’s [...]

By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – May 25, 2010
The Supreme Court will consider whether death row inmates can use a civil rights law to require the State to provide access to post-conviction DNA evidence. The case will determine whether convicted inmates have a federal right to demand access to DNA testing that [...]