Legal Lessons From the Miami Velvet Case May Still Be Coming
MIAMI, Fla. – Back in September, I wrote about a federal jury in Miami awarding a little under $900,00 to 32 women who sued the swinger’s club Miami Velvet, presenting ...
Tag: civil litigation
GirlsDoPorn, Guys Do The Dumbest Shit I’ve Ever Seen
As he watches the civil lawsuit filed against GirlsDoPorn.com and its operators play out -- and waits for the criminal prosecution of those same people to begin -- Ben Suroeste ...
Judge Denies Plaintiff Sweeping Injunction in Mile High Lawsuit
In order handed down this week, Judge Patti B. Saris has denied a request for a preliminary injunction made by Leah Bassett, the Massachusetts-based artist who has sued Mile High ...
Mile High Objects to Plaintiff’s “Salem Witch Trial Tactics”
In a response to a motion to compel filed by the attorney for Mile High Distribution and other defendants in a lawsuit filed last year by Massachusetts-based artist Leah Bassett, ...
Stormy’s Bid to Revive NDA Case Fails, Can Still Seek Attorneys’ Fees
In a little-noticed development last week, a judge in Los Angeles dismissed as moot Stormy Daniels' bid to revive her challenge of the non-disparagement agreement she was paid to sign ...
Miami Velvet Case a Reminder: Don’t Use Images to Which You Don’t Have Rights
In a case involving the unauthorized use of models' images and names in connection with promoting a Miami swinger's club, a federal jury has just awarded 32 women nearly $900,000 ...
Report: Investors Sue Malibu Media, Malibu Media Sues its Attorneys
Malibu Media, a company which is no stranger to controversial legal actions or in-court drama, is at the center of two lawsuits filed this week. In one, two of Malibu's ...
Calm Down Porn People: Calif. Supreme Court’s Ruling Doesn’t Say What You Think
Some folks within the adult industry are excited about a ruling from the California Supreme Court in the case White v. Square, a lawsuit filed by a bankruptcy attorney who ...
Your State Can “Fight Porn” Too – With Toothless Resolutions and Flawed Law
The Utah-based Deseret News has spilled considerable amounts of ink recently in praise of the state's legislature, which the news organization sees as leading a nationwide fight against the porn ...
Supreme Court Copyright Decision Lets Gigi Hadid Off the Hook Without Trial
In a decision which underlines the instant impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, a copyright complaint against supermodel Gigi Hadid has ...
