Article: Adult Performer Tests HIV+ - UPDATE

Published: October 13, 2010

AVN.com has received confirmation from AIM Healthcare that an adult industry performer has tested positive for HIV.

Article: Sometimes First Amendment Rights Aren't Pretty... But Needed

Published: May 22, 2013

From all appearances, Ashley Nicole Richards isn't a very nice person. As "Cruel Meshalette," she dresses sexy—in at least one video, that means...

Article: 'Shock Artist' Ira Isaacs Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Published: January 16, 2013

After a nine-month delay, U.S. District Judge George H. King has sentenced online adult retailer and self-described "shock artist" Ira Isaacs to...

Article: Legalese: It's Election Time Again

Published: November 02, 2012

If you already have made up your mind to vote to re-elect President Obama, you don’t need to read this. In fact, don’t.

Article: Remembering Our Own: Adult's Free Speech Pioneers

Published: July 04, 2012

Article: Closing Arguments Completed, Isaacs Case Goes To The Jury

Published: April 27, 2012

Article: Jury Picked, Testimony Begins On 2nd Day of Isaacs' 3rd Trial

Published: April 24, 2012

The second day of adult producer/retailer Ira Isaacs' third obscenity trial got under way today with just 62 potential jurors left from the...

Article: Open Letter to the Porn Industry, FSC, and Its Attorneys

Published: March 05, 2012

At the time I'm writing this letter, the outcome of my trial is unknown. The trial has ended and the jury will make its decision soon.

Article: Isaacs Obscenity Case Goes to the Jury

Published: March 02, 2012

The week-long obscenity trial of producer and online retailer Ira Isaacs drew closer to its conclusion today as the prosecution played for the...

Article: Fleeting Expletives & Charlotte Ross's Ass Go Before High Court

Published: January 08, 2012

It's been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion, authored by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, in the case of...

Article: Law & Disorder: The Courts' Schizo View of Sexual Speech

Published: October 17, 2011

The following is AVN Senior Editor Mark Kernes' contribution to the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance's State of Sexual Freedom in the United...

Article: S. Carolina Jury Will Decide: Truck Nutz: Threat Or Menace?

Published: August 11, 2011

As one might expect in Jim DeMint/Lindsay Graham country, there's a law that says, "A sticker, decal, emblem, or device is indecent when taken...

Article: USSC: Violent Video Games Don't Harm Minors—But Sex Does!

Published: June 27, 2011

Anyone who thought the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association—the "violent video game" case—was anything other...

Article: Tokyo Bans Manga and Other Sexual Material For Juveniles

Published: February 18, 2011

Cartoon depictions of sexually-active children have a long and rocky history in the United States, where they can be attacked on several grounds—...

Article: Congress Passes Bill Banning 'Crush Videos'

Published: November 19, 2010

Though unable to agree to extend unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed Americans, nor to end tax breaks for millionaires and...

Article: Not Guilty Verdict in Arkansas Obscenity Trial

Published: September 07, 2010

In a sleepy Delta town named after Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the Ku Klux Klan, nestled into the side of Crowley's...

Article: Legalese: Putting the Evil Angel Obscenity Prosecution in Perspective

Published: September 01, 2010

This column long has described obscenity prosecutions as acts of terrorism against the First Amendment, and for good reason. And to explain why,...

Article: Isaacs Obscenity Trial Set For February

Published: August 12, 2010

Article: John Stagliano, Legal Team Speak at The AVN Show

Published: August 08, 2010

Evil Angel owner John Stagliano and the trio of lawyers that represented him spoke Friday at The AVN Show for their first extensive comments...

Article: Judge Publishes Two Rulings In Stagliano Case

Published: August 04, 2010

Judge Richard J. Leon, who presided over the John Stagliano obscenity case and made a 'Rule 29' ruling of acquittal on all charges after the...