In October 2015, the European Court of Justice invalidated the International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles which were established in 2000. The Safe Harbor Privacy Principles allowed certified U.S. companies to receive personal data of EU residents in compliance with EU…
Make no mistake about it, if you are an online business operator, legal compliance should be at the top of your list of priorities. For the better part of the past decade I have preached about the importance of being…
This is my first article for Payout Magazine and so it’s only fitting that I thank Michael B for this opportunity. Michael B and Payout Magazine have continued to evolve into a fixture at adult industry tradeshows across the world…
During the last decade, I have had the honor and privilege of speaking at tradeshows across the United States and Canada with some of the brightest entrepreneurs and many respected legal practitioners. I have spoken about various legal and business…
In March of 2014, I had the pleasure of writing an article for XBiz magazine entitled “Tradeshow Etiquette”. That article can be found online and in the March 2014 print edition of XBiz World magazine. I was flattered by the…
All too often, adult business operators spend so much time focusing on things such as obscenity, record-keeping and intellectual property that they neglect some important corporate issues, including taxation and employment law, which can have a tremendous impact on a…
Don’t overlook provisions for Choice of Law, Forum Selection and Arbitration About a month ago, I started thinking about topics to cover in this column and right about the same time I had to upgrade to the latest version of…
According to the Verisign Domain Report (Volume 11 – Issue 4 – January 2015), the third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs). Verisign goes on to report that…
With 2014 quickly nearing its conclusion, it’s time to start thinking ahead about the legal and business issues that may impact the adult industry in 2015. Last year I predicted that 2014 would not be the year that the adult…
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention to the news, there is an epidemic in the online world and it’s getting worse. Last month JPMorgan Chase announced that 76 million households were affected by a recent security breach…