YNOT Summit Legal Panel Talks 2257, FOSTA, Section 230 & More

On the second day of the recent virtual YNOT Summit, four adult industry attorneys of extensive experience provided updates on several of the most significant legal issues and questions facing the industry today.

In an hour-long session moderated by Corey D. Silverstein of Silverstein Legal, Silverstein was joined by criminal defense attorney and Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Chair Jeffrey Douglas, Lawrence Walters of the Walters Law Group and FirstAmendement.com and FSC Legal Committee Chair Reed Lee. Combined, the four members of the panel have over 120 years of experience practicing law, with much of that time spent representing adult entertainment industry clients and freedom of expression interests more generally.

The discussion begins with questions raised by the outcome of the recent Presidential election – what does a Joe Biden presidency mean for the adult entertainment industry? Given that Biden, like Trump, has said that Section 230 should be repealed or amended, albeit for different reasons than those Trump gives, should we assume changes to this important statute are pending?

Later in the conversation, Walters, who serves as general counsel to the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, gives an update on the lawsuit filed by Woodhull challenging the constitutionality of FOSTA/SESTA. Likewise, Douglas and Lee give their take on the status of the 2257 recordkeeping requirements, following the decision rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit back in September.

As you can see from that brief summary, the YNOT Summit panel held a wide-ranging discussion that covered a lot of ground in a single hour – an hour it’s well worth your time to take, if you didn’t catch the conversation on the day it streamed live. Now you can watch the whole discussion at your leisure in the video embedded below.