Correction: Proposed Order Seeks Injunction on Texas Law
EDITOR'S NOTE: The original version of this post incorrectly stated that the court had granted the order of a preliminary injunction proposed by the plaintiffs. The post has been amended ...
Tag: civil litigation
With FOSTA, Lawsuits Against Adult Sites “Entirely Predictable”
Last week, 34 women filed a lawsuit against Pornhub parent company MindGeek, VISA Inc. and a variety of other corporate, individual and ‘John Doe’ defendants, alleging violation of federal sex ...
Texas Sued Over Ban of Under-21 Employees at Adult Businesses
AUSTIN, Texas – Late last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law S.B. 315, a bill which raised the legal age for working at strip clubs, adult bookstores and ...
FOSTA/SESTA: Three Years of Damage that “May Never be Undone”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At some point in the weeks ahead – and possibly sooner than that phrase suggests – we will see the next major development in Woodhull Freedom Foundation ...
Judge in Mile High Case Sounds Miffed with Plaintiff
BOSTON – One gets the sense that Judge Patti B. Saris just might be losing patience with one of the litigants currently before her. Saris, the jurist hearing Basset v. ...
Justice Clarence Thomas Takes Aim At Section 230 Again
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court keeps pushing for Section 230 reform and to crack down on large technology companies. The high court this ...
PACT Act Section 230 ‘Fix’ Could Harm Adult Platforms
WASHINGTON — Congress is developing several proposals to overhaul technology platform liability shields outlined under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and John ...
9th Circuit Upholds Award of Attorney’s Fees in Strike 3 Case
SEATTLE, Wash. – In a decision issued last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the decision by a lower court requiring Strike 3 Holdings, the ...
Appellate Court: No PPP Loans For Adult Businesses
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A gentlemen's club sued the Small Business Administration (SBA) in a federal district court in the Western District of New York. The club, Pharaohs GC Inc., was forced ...
Courts Continue to Affirm Embattled Section 230
SAN FRANCISCO — A California appellate court recently ruled that Twitter — as a digital platform protected under the Section 230 third-party liability shield — has the right to ban ...
