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Nevada Supreme Court: Strip Club Dancers Are Employees
Adult entertainers who danced at Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club in Las Vegas were employees and not independent contractors, according to the Nevada Supreme Court, which ruled that 6,500 dancers could be eligible for millions of dollars in back wages.
Georgia Sex Toy Ban Could Go to U.S. Supreme Court
The legal resolution of a suit brought against Atlanta suburb Sandy Springs’ reigning sex toy ban may not be so simple due to conflicting previous court rulings related to the issue.
GoDaddy Revenge Porn Case May Head to the Texas Supreme Court
Yesterday a Texas appeals court ruled that a group of revenge porn victims could not sue GoDaddy.com for hosting offending content. But the group’s lawyer, John Morgan, disagrees, and says he is taking the case to the Texas Supreme Court.
India's ISPs Want the Supreme Court to Define Porn
India’s ISPs said they are merely "conduits" and can't can’t be responsible for determining what websites contain porn and should be blocked.
Canada Supreme Court Strikes Down Prostitution Laws
The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday, 9-0, struck down the nation's anti-prostitution laws.
N.M. Supreme Court Allows Pornotopia Film Fest to Continue
New Mexico's highest court on Thursday, 4-1, tossed out the Guild Cinema and Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center’s citation for violating Albuquerque zoning restrictions on where adult films can be shown.
India's Supreme Court Pushes Petition for Online Porn Ban
Members of India’s Supreme Court are petitioning the country’s government to establish a ban on online porn.
Strippers Can Collect Unemployment, Kansas Supreme Court Rules
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that exotic strippers are legitimate employees and not just independent contractors where they work.
Manga Images Not CP, Sweden's Supreme Court Rules
Sweden's highest court on Friday overturned a child porn verdict against an artist who works with Japanese manga drawings.
FCC Petitions Supreme Court to Reinstate Nip Slip Fine
The Federal Communications Commission has decided to continue on with the Janet Jackson nipple case eight years after her infamous wardrobe malfunction incident at the Super Bowl.
Canada Supreme Court Orders New Trial in CP Case
Canada's Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man charged with possessing child pornography after he professed to have the material because he wanted to raise awareness.
AHF Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Review Condom Ruling
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is taking its mandatory condom campaign to the California Supreme Court, asking for a review of a recent decision by a state appeals court panel that ruled Los Angeles County health officials can’t be forced to regulate the adult industry.
N.J. Supreme Court to Hear Too Much Media, Blogger Case on Webcast
The New Jersey State Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Too Much Media’s long-running lawsuit against blogger Shelle Hale during a webcast Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST.
Oregon Supreme Court: It's OK to View Child Porn Online
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled today that it’s perfectly legal to look at child pornography on the Internet, if none of those images are purposely downloaded, printed or paid for.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects New Albany DVD Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear New Albany, Ind.'s appeal in its six-year fight to close New Albany DVD, a business that is now known as Cleopatra's.
Shellee Hale Wants Her Too Much Media Case to Go to N.J. Supreme Court
Blogger Shellee Hale, the defendant in the Too Much Media defamation lawsuit, wants the N.J. Supreme Court to hear her case.
Ira Isaacs to Make U.S. Supreme Court Appeal
The Ira Isaacs obscenity case could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Topco Prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, without comment, declined to hear an appeal by Know Mind Enterprises in its bid to appeal a patent ruling over slippery borosilicate glass.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects 2257 Challenge
Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 2257, the federal recordkeeping and labeling law for the adult entertainment industry.
Ala. Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to Sex Toy Ban
Alabama Supreme Court justices, 7-2, ruled on Friday that Hoover, Ala.-based Love Stuff can’t sell vibrators and other sexual devices.