LEGAL INDUSTRY NEWS

Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White dismissed a case brought by Facebook on Oct. 15, 2010, against Norway-based X-rated social network Faceporn. read full story...

One might assume that because Japan's culture allows for one to rent a life, adding a layer or two to a real identity would not be a big problem, but the recession is apparently leading some people to use their fake identities for unlawful purposes. read full story...

Former adult performer Amanda Logue appeared in a Florida courtroom Monday morning, where she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as part of a deal that will net her 40 years in a Florida prison for her role in the May 2010 premeditated slaying of Dennis "Scooter" Abrahamsen, a 41-year-old tattoo shop owner who was bludgeoned to death by Jason Andrews, another former adult performer who was Logue's boyfriend at the time. read full story...

LACDPH has decided it needs to brand the hundreds of thousands of condoms it gives away each year... so they're having a contest, dubbed "L.A.'s Next Sex Symbol," to design an official LA condom wrapper that will include the tag line, "Show Me Your Package." read full story...

The city of Houston says that the amount of trafficking, prostitution and drug use occurring at the club has made it such a nuisance that they want to close it down. read full story...

In a letter issued Wednesday, LA City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana has asked the City Council to give his "Working Group on the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Ordinance" an extra 90 days to figure out how to implement and enforce the mandatory condom ordinance read full story...

Like desert varmints, patent trolls take to the verdant (if sometimes parched) lands of East Texas, where the environment is advantageous for them, if not for others. read full story...

Following on the heels of Kink.com, Private Media Group subsidiary Fraserside IP yesterday filed suit against DrTuber.com, Igor Kovalchuk, Extron Worldwide Corporation and Era Technologies Limited, alleging copyright infringement by the tube site. read full story...

According to an excellent article in the Village Voice that adds yet a few more nails to the Hunter Moore coffin, the FBI has for several months been investigating the disturbing goings on at IsAnyoneUp.com, the so-called revenge porn website founded by creepmeister Moore. read full story...

As all AVN readers must know by now, there's a worldwide epidemic of unChristian stuff going on around the world right now, and Movieguide publisher (and editor-in-chief) Dr. Ted Baehr, who also happens to be the board chair of the Christian Film & Television Commission, is fixin' to stomp the shit out of those unChristian atheists... with your help. read full story...