Not so fast: 7th Circuit denies strip clubs of Paycheck Protection Program funds
Adult nightclubs were granted a rare reprieve when U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman ruled that banning clubs from receiving SBA (Small Business Administration) loans and/or PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) relief was likely unconstitutional. After...
EXPO Coverage: Legal panel, part two
(Note: This story appears in the September 2021 issue of ED Magazine)
Top industry attorneys discussed the legal parameters of rebounding from COVID and the effects of a changed and unpredictable SCOTUS.
The EXPO 2021 Legal...
Breaking: ROUND 2 OF PPP LOAN APPLICATIONS
story courtesy of Angelina Spencer, Executive Director of ACE National
Last week, the SBA and Treasury Department released their official guidance on how the second round of PPP will work. The second round PPP Loan...
Taking your club ‘virtual’? Better know the legal implications!
by attorney Lawrence G. Walters
Coronavirus lockdowns are slowly being lifted and businesses are starting to reopen, but it may still be some time before adult clubs are able to operate at full function across...
Club Onyx opens in Houston, gains restraining order to remain open
story by ACE National Executive Director, Angelina Spencer
Club Onyx in Houston, TX was granted a temporary restraining court order to reopen for business as a restaurant after a district attorney claimed that the...
First California — now New York and New Jersey?!
Thanks to California, gig economy bills are becoming an “everywhere problem,” presently appearing in New York and New Jersey lobbying halls. Here, legal correspondent Larry Kaplan discusses the latest developments in NY and NJ...
Ohio officers who arrested Stormy Daniels get fired
Following the arrest of Stormy Daniels in 2018, an investigation into the arrest results in firings and suspensions for Ohio police officers.
As ExoticDancer.com readers may remember, in July 2018, Stormy Daniels and two other...
“Gig economy” dead in CA, NY, now NJ, too?
Editor's note: The following article explains the Assembly Bill 5 (aka "AB5") legislation in California, which has essentially made entertainers employees in that state. The article asks the question, "which state(s) could be next?"...
Important correction to legal “Dynamex” story
In ED Publications' May issue of ED Magazine, we (specifically, ED's legal correspondent Larry Kaplan) interviewed Joe Carouba of BSC Consulting for the article, “The Nightmare of Dynamex.” In it Kaplan wrote, “Carouba says...
Rhode Island says, “I want my 2 dollars!”
Adult clubs in Rhode Island face a $2 admissions tax on their customers to help fund governmental anti-human trafficking efforts.
State Sen. Elizabeth A. Crowley, no stranger to anti-adult club legislation, introduced Senate Bill 96,...
California dancers are employees—and they don’t like it
by ACE Executive Director Angelina Spencer
As early as October 2018, adult clubs in California quietly converted most dancers to the "employee model" under a new State Supreme Court Ruling that promises to change the...
Fight the power! Georgia clubs battle pole tax
The Georgia Association of Club Executives (GA ACE) sued two state leaders on November 10 of last year, in Fulton County Superior Court, claiming a tax on clubs to combat sex trafficking is unconstitutional.
Attorney...
FOSTA creates social media nightmare for anything ‘adult’
Though it was signed into law in April 2018, it’s only recently that adult nightclubs and entertainers have begun to see the impact of FOSTA/SESTA. But what exactly IS that impact and what does...
BYO … free speech
A New Jersey gentlemen's club scored a moral and litigious victory when a federal judge ruled in favor of BYOB advertisements as covered by free speech.
New Jersey's threats of prosecution and other penalties against...
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