The EXPO Legal Panel

At EXPO 2013, our panel of top attorneys will address the most pressing issues facing the adult nightclub industry at large during the Legal Panel (Thursday August 22, 10:15-11:45 am). They’ll also be answering your questions, as there will be a question-and-answer period directly following the panelists’ presentations on these key subjects:

What the 2012 election means to your adult nightclub

Now that the votes all have been counted—and that process creates an issue of its own—we now know the composition of Congress for the next two years and of the White House for the next four. Attorney Clyde DeWitt examines the ways in which this election may impact your club.

Do you know what laws have been proposed against clubs in your state?
Club Bulletin legal correspondent Larry Kaplan provides a glimpse into the legislation currently pending against the adult nightclub industry in several states, including New York, Rhode Island, Michigan and more.

They might not like to admit it ...but your local government needs you
On the one hand, they pass ordinances restricting how you operate your adult nightclub. But on the other hand, according to First Amendment attorney Eric Bernstein, your local government needs the tax revenues generated by your business more than ever before. Here, Bernstein explains how and why club operators should confront local government when restrictive ordinances are proposed against them.

How Brad Shafer beat the City of Detroit out of $3 million (and still counting)
In one of the longest and strangest cases of his legal career, attorney Brad Shafer recounts how the genesis of the dreaded “secondary effects doctrine” played a role in a Detroit case involving the Deja Vu club chain that, when finally resolved, cost the Motor City big bucks.

 but they will never take ... our freedom!  To gain fair market value, that is.
The act of “taking” an adult nightclub—where a government entity deems it necessary to take the land on which the club sits—is an unfortunate reality.  When the Department of Transportation tried to low-ball club owner Gerald Uranick upon the “taking” of his Circus-Circus club, his attorney Steven Mason took key steps to ensure Uranick received fair market value.