While its primary value to date may have been headline-friendly drama, the ongoing legal wrangling between Stormy Daniels and President Donald Trump also offers some important lessons about civil litigation. Among them: If you're going to use a "fixer," at least endeavor to find...

Stormy Daniels' defamation complaint against President Donald Trump has been dismissed by the court, an outcome which means an automatic award of attorney's fees to Trump. Given that this outcome was predictable, why file the lawsuit to begin with? What is her attorney Michael...

A 'Jane Doe' plaintiff has named Facebook as a defendant in a lawsuit which claims the social media platform permits "sex traffickers unfiltered access to the most vulnerable members of our society" and is therefor liable for the crimes committed by traffickers who use the site...

Alex Jones has filed a lawsuit against PayPal asserting that the company illegally banned him from using its services. Ben Suroeste isn't sure whether the lawsuit has any merit -- but he is sure that if Jones gets his account reinstated, internet pornographers should be allowed...

In May, Minnesota passed a law "requiring collection of information on the connection between pornography and sex trafficking." A closer look at the law suggests the connection has already been assumed and the law merely is designed to back up that assumption with cherry-picked...

Banks often shy away from doing business with strip clubs, adult content production studios and other adult entertainment business over the issue of "reputational risk." Should the banks reconsider -- and more to the point, is the risk of harm to their reputation even that...

In a case involving allegations of evidence tampering, false arrests, a bogus basis for a search warrant and a variety of other serious misconduct by police officers, what gets the big headline is the fact one of the same cops allegedly used his body camera to film himself having...

In the journey of every successful company there are opportunities that present themselves and decisions that need to be made. A new revenue stream presents itself and their eyes light up. Hold on though, this stream is outside of your core business and will require time,...

In a ruling which underlines the importance of properly structuring contracts and agreements when employing independent contractors to create "works for hire," a federal judge has ruled the heirs to photographer Bert Stern own the rights to images of Marilyn Monroe that Stern...

The Columbus Police Chief says Stormy Daniels' arrest was an "error" which stemmed from a misreading of the law. Other mistakes informed the situation, though - including the ongoing mistake of equating all sex work with "human trafficking."