Article: Third Circuit Reverses 2257 Decision on Appeal

Published: April 16, 2012

In a unanimous ruling by a 3-judge panel of the court, which included an opinion written by Judge D. Brooks Smith, with a concurring opinion by...

Article: Ten-Year Internet Ban for Pedophile Okayed by Third Circuit

Published: August 04, 2009

The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed the sentence handed down to child porn watcher Paul Thielemann—both the 20-year prison term...

Article: FCC To Appeal CBS's Third Circuit Win

Published: November 21, 2008

Article: 3rd Circuit Hears Why FSC's 2257 Case Shouldn't Be Dismissed

Published: January 11, 2012

At 9 o'clock this morning, the three-judge panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, before beginning consideration of the appeal in...

Article: 3rd Circuit Finds In Favor of Janet Jackson's Tit—UPDATED

Published: November 02, 2011

In a surprise ruling released today, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled once again that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC...

Article: Second Circuit Tackles Fleeting Nudity

Published: July 27, 2010

Those who thought the Second Circuit had written its final words on "fleeting indecency" with its July 8 decision in Fox Broadcasting v. FCC...

Article: Fuck Yeah! 2nd Circuit Overturns FCC Indecency Rule

Published: July 22, 2010

Noting that, "we face a media landscape that would have been almost unrecognizable in 1978," the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has struck...

Article: FCC Tries a Quarterback Sneak on the Second Circuit

Published: September 17, 2009

After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in FCC v. Fox Television last April, First Amendment advocates eagerly anticipated the Second Circuit...

Article: Sex Toy Sales Now Completely Legal In Fifth Circuit

Published: November 02, 2008

"There are only three circuits in which any state has one of these laws, and the Fifth has gone one way, the Eleventh the other way, with the...

Article: 3rd Circuit Strikes Down COPA

Published: July 22, 2008

Article: 6th Circuit Affirms: No Privacy Expectation for File-Sharers

Published: May 17, 2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed other appeals courts findings that people who use peer-to-peer networks cannot...

Article: 9th Circuit Allows Isaacs to Remain Free Pending Appeal

Published: April 23, 2013

After a complex series of motions that took Ira Isaacs' attorney Roger Jon Diamond from the U.S. District Court for California-Central Division...

Article: MPAA Files Amicus Brief in 'Flava v MyVidster' 7th Circuit Appeal

Published: April 06, 2012

Flava Works v MyVidster, is notable not just for the fact that Google and Facebook, and now the Motion Picture Association of America, among...

Article: Sixth Circuit Tackles Victor's/Victoria's (Little) Secret

Published: May 20, 2010

Article: Ninth Circuit Panel Hears Argument on Isaacs' Double Jeopardy

Published: December 10, 2009

The Ira Isaacs First Amendment case lurched forward another step today, as a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard...

Article: 4th Circuit Deep-Sixes "Taken as a Whole" in Adams Case

Published: July 28, 2009

In a currently unpublished decision, the court ruled that the fact that the jury failed to watch all of the charged videos in their entirety was...

Article: Analysis: 6th Circuit Upholds 2257

Published: February 25, 2009

Article: 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules 2257 Unconstitutional

Published: October 23, 2007

Attorney J. Michael Murray: 'This is huge news for the industry.'

Article: Jenna Haze Featured in Third Degree's Head Case

Published: September 20, 2006

Article: Eighth Circuit Invalidates Missouri Billboard Law

Published: August 21, 2006