Article: Analysis: AHF Files Motion to Dismiss Vivid's Measure B Lawsuit

Published: May 13, 2013

Looks like the busy little bees at AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) are taking their intervention in Vivid Entertainment's and others' lawsuit...

Article: Prominent Legal Blogger Questions GOP War on Porn

Published: September 06, 2012

Volokh wrote the entry on "Freedom of Speech and of the Press" in the conservative-leaning Heritage Guide to the Constitution, so perhaps it's...

Article: Georgia Supremes Award Night Club Enhanced Legal Review

Published: March 27, 2012

Pin Ups' parent, Great American Dreams, filed a petition with the court seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief, a hearing was held on...

Article: Legal, But About to Be Regulated to Death: Abortion & Porn

Published: June 26, 2011

Abortion is legal in the U.S. The Supreme Court said it; everybody knows it. And the fact that almost 500 new laws and regulations restricting...

Article: Analysis: Why Westboro's Victory Should Be Ours As Well

Published: March 04, 2011

There's pretty much unanimous sentiment in the adult industry that free speech is a Good Thing—and that even goes for ignorant yahoos who picket...

Article: Analysis: 2257 Judge Rejects FSC's Motion For Reconsideration

Published: September 20, 2010

Relying heavily on the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) reply to Free Speech Coalition's (FSC) Motion to Reconsider his July 27 decision...

Article: Analysis: Judge Dismisses Free Speech's §2257 Lawsuit

Published: July 30, 2010

Judge Baylson's animus toward sexual expression is obvious in the first sentences of the first two paragraphs of his opinion.

Article: Analysis: Deconstructing Dines

Published: July 21, 2010

Mark Kernes dissects Gail Dines' latest anti-porn diatribe.

Article: Analysis: With Sexting, There's Nothing Magic About 18

Published: January 25, 2010

"18 equals adult" is a legal concept, not a physiological one ... and legal concepts have been known to change. Perhaps the controversy over "sex...

Article: Analysis: Finding Clues in DOJ's Actions on Barry Goldman Case

Published: August 03, 2009

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to send mixed signals to the adult entertainment industry regarding its philosophy on obscenity...

Article: Analysis: Anti-Porn Activists Seek Meeting With Holder

Published: July 20, 2009

Article: Analysis: California's New Porn Tax Bill

Published: June 24, 2009

Article: Analysis: Bybee Vs. Kozinski: A Travesty Of Justice

Published: May 19, 2009

One authored a memo providing a roadmap by which CIA interrogators could torture kidnap victims ("enemy combatants") at the federal prison at...

Article: Analysis: First Amendment Jurisprudence By Gut Check

Published: May 01, 2009

Article: Analysis: 6th Circuit Upholds 2257

Published: February 25, 2009

Article: Analysis: Holder's A Keeper

Published: January 15, 2009

Eric H. Holder, Jr., President-Elect Obama's nominee for Attorney General of the United States, underwent over six hours of often-tough...

Article: Analysis: Justice Department Displays Schizophrenia With New 2257 Regs

Published: December 24, 2008

Mark Kernes examines the Justice Department's revisions to the 2257 and 2257A recordkeeping laws.

Article: YNot Introduces 'Legal Update' Publication

Published: December 12, 2008

YNot Network has announced the launch of 'YNot Legal Update,' a free monthly print publication.

Article: Analysis: Selling Porn Prosecution To Democrats

Published: November 06, 2008

Everybody's got ideas of what Obama's policies should be about porn and sex. Here are two.

Column: Analysis: I'm Voting For Obama

Published: November 01, 2008

This is how I look at it. Don't assume anybody else at AVN looks at it the same way.