Legal News, Politics, Congress, and the Supreme Court

The Legal Newsroom is the place to learn about technology cases, interesting laws and rulings in various practice areas, politics, and past and present U.S. Supreme Court cases. SEOLawFirm.com’s contributing authors give in depth reports. Lawyers and readers can contribute to the newsroom by submitting articles. Articles must be “news” and not general information. Our political column is also open to submissions from ALL viewpoints. Political pieces must contain links to reasonable sources. The political section is open to reasonable discussion, not conspiracy. Enjoy the SEOLawFirm.com Newsroom! We look forward to your contributions. See the entire newsroom archive.

U.S. Supreme Court Cases

• Question for the Court: When Does Free Speech Become Aid to Terrorists?
  By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – March 2, 2010 A challenge to a US anti-terror law raises the issue of whether political speech may be prosecuted as support for a terrorist organization. // The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, last Tuesday and is currently deliberating the [...]
• Supreme Court Decision Changes the Rules for Campaign Finance Regulations
  By Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – February 3, 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opens the door for corporate cash in political campaigns. On January 21, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a case concerning corporate expenditures in elections. The 5-4 ruling, split solidly along [...]

In Good Practice – Cases from various practice areas

• Hollywood Writers Win Age-Discrimination Case
  By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – February 23, 2010 A class-action suit, more than a decade old, was recently settled when a group of older Hollywood writers was compensated for the alleged age-discrimination they experienced at the hands of Hollywood networks, production studios, and talent agencies. The defendants, [...]
• Your Cheatin’ Heart Will Cost You: Antiquated Law Allows Scorned Spouses to Sue
  By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – February 10, 2010 For most people, the cost of cheating with another’s spouse is a few angry words or a sullied reputation. However, the price for cheating could be much higher for some. A little known law that has been maintained in several [...]

Technology Cases

• Anti-Teacher Facebook Page Could be Protected by First Amendment
  By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – March 18, 2010 This may be a bit of a tempest in a teapot, but it does raise some interesting questions about privacy and freedom of speech in the Facebook age. Florida student Katherine Evans had her knuckles rapped for creating a Facebook page full of – not-so-nice things [...]
• Netflix Sued for Revealing Sexual Orientation by Movie Choices
  By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – March 9, 2010 While it’s nice to have a privacy policy, those who hold contests should really pay attention to just what they’re doing when they release private customer information. You knew this had to happen, didn’t you? Everywhere you look, every site you surf, every doctor, dentist, accountant, educational [...]

Political Commentary

• Jim Bunning’s Wild Pitch
  By Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 16, 2010 According to the book Cooperstown, [1] which chronicles the exploits of men elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York; including, most notably, those who played what used to be called The National Pastime, Jim Bunning was “the consummate intelligent professional pitcher.” If [...]
• The Demise of A. Joseph Stack III
  By Gode Davis, staff columnist – February 25, 2010 I was watching my television the other day, and it seemed like déjà vu. An aircraft, in this case a Piper Cherokee PA-28 single-engine small plane, was deliberately crashed into the IRS Building in Austin, Texas by one A. Joseph Stack III, in what I’ve taken to [...]

Contributors and Editors

Delores Amorelli – Writer for the SEOLawFirm.com Newsroom’s ‘In Good Practice’ column. Read more…

Gode Davis – Columnist for the SEOLawFirm.com Newsroom’s Politics section. Read more…

Kerrie Spencer – Writer for the SEOLawFirm.com Newsroom’s Technology section. Read more…

Kristen Friend – Writer for the SEOLawFirm.com Newsroom’s Supreme Court section. Read more…

Newsroom Editor

Christy Zorn – Chief Editor for the SEOLawFirm.com Newsroom. Read more…

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