Girls Gone Wild Smells a Rat; Sues Waat Media, AT&T, Verizon and Others
LOS ANGELES – Girls Gone Wild has had enough. Mantra Films and GGW Marketing, the folks behind the nubile franchise, have filed suit in district …
Posts in category Courts and Cases
Court: Native Americans Not Required to Register as Sex Offenders
SANTA FE, NM – The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled convicted sex offenders who are Native Americans and live on tribal lands are …
4 Arrested in Houston Store Raid
HOUSTON, TX – Four people were arrested during a raid at an adult store officials accuse of operating illegally. The raid resulted in the closure …
Cartoon Characters are People, Too
PARRAMATTA, NSW – Cartoon characters are persons under Australian law, according to a New South Wales Supreme Court ruling. That’s very bad news for Alan …
Montana: Exotic Dancers Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors
HELENA, MT – A May 20 opinion by the Montana Supreme Court has affirming a lower court ruling that exotic dancers are not independent contractors, …
‘Bias’ Contagious in Pirate Bay Appeal
STOCKHOLM – The judge assigned to preside over a hearing to determine whether judicial bias affected the outcome of The Pirate Bay trial has herself …
A Tale of Two Supremes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National attention today will be on two supreme courts, which, though separated by a continent, will each become the focus of intense …
Brotherly Love, Hustler-Style
CINCINNATI, Ohio – The brothers Flynt are headed to court. Jimmy Flynt, 51, is suing his older brother, Larry, accusing the porn magnate of literally …
Craigslist Sues SC Attorney General
SAN FRANCISCO – Classified advertising network Craigslist has filed suit against South Carolina’s attorney general in an attempt to prevent threatened criminal charges. According to …
Nevada Panel Votes to Allow Civil Suits for Images of Child Sexual Abuse
CARSON CITY, Nev. – Members of a Nevada Senate committee voted Wednesday to approve an Assembly-backed proposal that would allow lawsuits by victims of child …
SCOTUS to Decide Whether Violent Animal Vids are Illegal Class of Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court this week agreed to take a case that will decide whether a law that prohibits the sale of videos …
Court: TOS Cannot be ‘Illusory’
DALLAS – A U.S. District Court’s ruling has put all websites on notice: Terms of Service that can be amended on the fly and without …
Souter Resigns on Schedule
WASHINGTON, DC – David H. Souter, 69, an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1990, has indicated …
Court: Parolee’s Drawings Not Pornographic
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A court has ruled two pictures of buxom, scantily clad women a parolee drew for a tattoo artist should not have caused …
4th Circuit: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing is Distribution
DURHAM, NC – The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a ninety-seven months sentence imposed by a lower court on …