Under First Amendment doctrine, a prior restraint is a situation where words or pictures are prevented from being spoken or published. Therefore, if there was a prior restraint against this article you would not have the opportunity to read what…
Swinging Richards will the real dick please stand tall
In the past month Benjamin & Aaronson filed two different federal lawsuits against the City of North Bay Village and the City of North Miami Beach. The North Bay Village suit is a traditional lawsuit claiming that the City of…
Hey Joe where you going with that cash in your hand?
For years we have told our clients and lectured in our speeches in places such as Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and here in Florida that the adult entertainment industry needs to get involved in local affairs. We have…
“Blog | golB” Reflections on Blogging
The Broward County Courthouse has been the subject of many editorials and newspaper articles dealing with the alleged improprieties of many of the Judges. In addition to those articles in the mainstream press, there is also a blog that is…
Adult Bookstores
For the past two years we have periodically written to you about the two adult bookstores within the City of Lauderhill, that the City classified as adult establishments and tried to close down. The first establishment, University Video Enterprises, Inc.…
EXXXOTICA Convention
Last weekend we attended the EXXXOTICA Convention at the Miami Beach Convention Center. For Benjamin & Aaronson, it was a time to see some old friends and make some new ones. Most aspects of the adult entertainment industry were present…
Mayor Gone Wild
Every day that sworn enemy of the gentile upscale East Fort Lauderdale gay community, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, travels from his East Fort Lauderdale home past a little convenience store called Rio Vista located in a small strip shopping…
adult book and video store fights to keep doors
For the past several years, three adult book and video stores in Miami-Dade County have been fighting the county in order to keep doors on their video viewing booths. The case originally was before Judge Aldaberto Jordan, United States District…
Florida Sunshine Entertainment Association
On Tuesday, October 16, 2007, Florida SEA, (Florida Sunshine Entertainment Association) and the Florida State ACE (Association of Club Executives) Chapter held a meeting in Branden, Florida just outside Tampa. The meeting was well attended by over thirty representatives of…
Cocodorm
The highlight of the local scene is the bold attempt by the City of Miami to interfere with the First Amendment rights of an internet based adult business called Cocodorm run by a local company called “Flava Works, Inc.”. All…