Profile: Allan Gelbard, Esq.

Allan Gelbard is an attorney with close ties to the adult entertaiment industry. One of his biggest cases was the multi-million dollar victory...

Photos: Allan Gelbard, Nina Hartley and Ira Levine

Photographer: Gordon/EMMreport.com

Published: September 30, 2011

Photos: Ernest Greene, Nina Hartley and Allan Gelbard

Photographer: IndustryByRick/EMMreport.com

Published: February 21, 2011

Photos: Paul Cambria, H. Louis Sirkin, John Stagliano and Allan Gelbard

Photographer: Big Mike/EMMreport.com

Published: January 10, 2011

Photos: Allan Gelbard, Paul Cambria and H. Louis Sirkin introduce John Stagliano, winner of the Reuben Sturman Award.

Photographer: Big Mike/EMMreport.com

Published: January 10, 2011

Photos: Allan Gelbard and Bud Lee

Photographer: EMMReport.com

Published: December 20, 2010

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Article: Gelbard to Offer Free First Amendment Classes to Occupiers

Published: December 22, 2011

We know of only one attorney who has the First Amendment tattooed around his upper arm: Allan B. Gelbard, Esq. So it's only fitting that he, in...

Article: Measure B: It's More Than Just Condoms!

Published: October 03, 2012

With all the discussion about Measure B, the Los Angeles County ballot initiative which seeks the adoption of the "Safer Sex in the Adult Film...

Company News: CatalystCon A Hit With Inaugural Event

Published: September 18, 2012

The inaugural edition of CatalystCon saw experts from a variety of sex- and sexuality-based backgrounds gather for a weekend of seminars and...

Company News: John Stagliano to Speak at Closing Keynote Panel for CatalystCon

Published: September 12, 2012

CatalystCon announces that John Stagliano, Constance Penley, Ph.D, and Allan Gelbard, Esq. will give the closing keynote plenary, 'Defending...

Article: With 10 Days to Go, Momentum Builds for CatalystCon

Published: September 04, 2012

The West Coast has never seen anything quite like CatalystCon, whose creator, Dee Dennis of MomentumCon, is bringing together sex-positive...

Article: L.A. County Board of Supervisors: Condom Ballot Measure a Go

Published: July 24, 2012

By a vote of 3-1, with one abstention, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted in favor of placing The Safer Sex in Adult Film...

Article: FSC Meeting Focuses on Performer Testing & Condom Law

Published: July 10, 2012

In the first of two adult industry meetings called to discuss performer testing, possible producer or talent agent liability under federal and...

Article: FilmLA at Today's Condom Hearing: 'Webcammers Need Permits'

Published: May 11, 2012

Today saw the third meeting of the Working Group on the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Ordinance, which once again was held in a...

Article: AVN Awards 2011: The Year of the Bat

Published: January 12, 2011

The 2011 AVN Awards will probably go down in adult movie history as "The Year of the Bat," but it was also "The Year of the Big Changes," with...

Article: Seminar Updates AEE Attendees On Obscenity, 2257 and More

Published: January 08, 2011

This year's Arthur Schwartz Legal Seminar featured some of the country's top First Amendment attorneys giving attendees the low-down on the...

Article: The Legends of X Turn Out for John Leslie Memorial

Published: December 16, 2010

More than 100 adult industry members, supporters and friends turned out last night at the Starlight Room of the Sportsman's Lodge to honor one...

Article: A Hollywood Film Based on the Life of Reuben Sturman??

Published: September 02, 2010

A biopic on the life of legendary pornographer Rueben Sturman is reportedly in the works, according to an article in the Hollywood Reporter.

Article: FSC Panel Puts the Dot in XXX at The AVN Show

Published: August 11, 2010

The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) organized a panel Saturday morning at The AVN Show that featured several members of the adult industry speaking...