LEGAL INDUSTRY NEWS

The chair of the state Appropriations Committee says AB 332 has First Amendment problems, but the bill's sponsor, Assemblyman Isadore Hall III, told AVN he intends to reintroduce the bill next session. read full story...

The California Assembly Appropriations Committee today voted to stop Assembly Bill 332 from moving forward, effectively quashing any hopes for statewide mandated barrier protection use in adult film productions in California. read full story...

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship and current World Series of Fighting lightweight Waylon Lowe has filed a lawsuit against a Philadelphia adult retailer and Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Kama Sutra Company, claiming a prolonging gel led to “catastrophic and permanent damage” to his penis. read full story...

As anyone who's been following the news recently knows, within the past month, three U.S. military officers have been charged with sexually assaulting servicewomen and, in one case, even pimping them out to other soldiers and civilians. read full story...

Some celebs never learn. For instance, never get drunk with a reporter before the interview. After is also a bad idea, but before is really asking for it. read full story...

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 a black bra, high heels, short-shorts and a mask covering half of her face—talks kind of sexy... and crushes small animals for videos posted on the internet. And according to U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, those videos are legal. read full story...

Yesterday, after being earlier rebuffed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after filing an emergency appeal in a last minute bid to head off impending sanctions, the lawyers were slapped with additional monetary penalties by Judge Otis Wright. read full story...

In an interview with AVN, "Porno Dan" Leal describes the investigation by the County Health Department that cleared him of charges by AHF that Immoral Productions was in violation of the prohibition against using condoms in shoots. read full story...

When Nymphomania was about to begin production, much of the buzz surrounding it centered on the announcement that many of its main characters—famous Hollywood actors all—would be having hardcore sex on camera. Besides Gainsbourg, this would possibly include Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Shia LaBoeuf, Willem Dafoe, Stellan Skarsgaard and Christian Slater. read full story...

Unfortunately for Hansmeier, and probably also for his co-sanctioned colleagues—Prenda lawyers Paul Duffy, Brett Gibbs, John Steele—the Shaw order is a direct consequence of Judge Wright’s sanctions against therm. read full story...