The holiday season is just behind us. And this holiday season, like every holiday season in recent memory, we were visited by those same issues as to whether a municipality can hang or have holiday decorations that seem to…
Oakland Park votes on new Adult Entertainment Ordinance
On July 21, 2004, the City of Oakland Park was poised to pass its new Adult Entertainment Ordinance. The Commission had passed the Ordinance on its first reading two weeks earlier and it was anticipated that again the Commission would…
Miami city commision stifles freedom of speech
Back in November of 2003, the Miami City Commission passed a law which prohibited protestors from carrying items such as water pistols, balloons, bottles and sticks. The law also required a permit for public gatherings of seven or more…
Pompano Beach amending their Adult Entertainment Code
For those of you who are unaware, the City of Pompano Beach is in the process of amending their Adult Entertainment Code. The new legislation has several new provisions that affect adult entertainment. The new ordinance has a…
ID not always enough
Just recently we concluded a case where our client was charged with possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography. The first count carries up to five years in Florida State prison while the second count carried up…
2500 Ft. too much
On July 1, 2001, a new State Statute went into affect. This statute makes it unlawful for any adult establishment to be within 2500 feet of a public or private school, with two exceptions. The first exception allows those…
Arrested teacher settles suit
Four and a half years ago, on a Saturday night, the Broward Sheriff’s Office raided Athena’s Forum, arrested nearly thirty people, carted them off to jail as common criminals allegedly because they were all having consensual sex or fondling…
Michael J. Peter a great innovator
In the lore of adult entertainment there is no better story then that of the great innovator, Michael J. Peter. It would be hard to believe that anyone in the adult entertainment industry does not know the extraordinary story…
Gumwrappers suit dismissed
For those of you who have not heard, the battle in Fort Lauderdale and more specifically between the City of Fort Lauderdale and Gum Wrappers has finally come to a close. After seven years of litigation the matter is…
BSO raids Athena’s Forum and Trapeze II
A little over four years ago, the Broward Sheriff’s Office raided Athena’s Forum and Trapeze II. Some of the deputies came dressed in normal attire and shortly thereafter undressed into towels and in some cases just their birthday suits. Other…