We were born during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. There are some vague memories of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. We became much more politically astute during the years of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, with Watergate, civil…
First Amendment battleground changes often
Last month the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association Meeting was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. What was different about this meeting than all other meetings was that this was the first meeting that Daniel Aaronson, President of the First Amendment Lawyers’…
Judgeships The legacy that matters
Make no mistake about it, we traditionally vote for the Democratic party candidate. There have been some exceptions and we anticipate those exceptions in the future. That is not to say we are thrilled with the Democratic party but rather…
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…
Osama Bin Laden bin looking at porn
After almost ten years of searching for Osama bin Laden, our intelligence agencies located him in a Abbottabad, Pakistan. In a more than heroic mission, the United States Navy Seals and other special operations military men conducted a nearly flawless…
FL-SEA adult entertainment swim with us or drown
On Monday, March 21, 2011, the law offices of Benjamin & Aaronson, P.A. hosted a meeting of FL-SEA. For those of you who do not know what FL-SEA is about or stands for, it is for lack of a better…
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…
The Big Catalyst Theory
For those of you who have read our column over the many years that we have been published, you might note that some cases never really seem to end and that the legal process can take a long time. One…
What is “obscene” in Arkansas stays in Arkansas
Last month, James Benjamin from Benjamin & Aaronson, P.A., out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and H. Louis Sirkin from Sirken, Kinsley & Nazzarine out of Cincinnati, Ohio traveled to Forrest City, Arkansas to defend owners of an adult bookstore charged…
John Stagliano Victorious
Last month the adult entertainment industry received a great victory and was able to take a great sigh of relief. The case of the United States v. John Stagliano John Stagliano, Inc. and Evil Angel Productions, Inc. went to trial…