Ballots for the Free Speech Coalition’s board of directors election will be distributed at the group’s general membership meeting on Thursday, and presentations will be given on the proposed 2257 regulations and HIV self-regulation within the industry.
The Free Speech Coalition announced Friday it has tapped Michelle Louise Freridge to serve as its executive director. She will take the reins of the Chatsworth, Calif., organization that serves the adult industry on Oct. 4.
After rallying for a bill that could potentially protect adult business owners during federal investigations, the Free Speech Coalition had cause to celebrate this week after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed pro adult business measure AB1894 into law.
The Free Speech Coalition’s July 24 “Night of the Stars” will be Renaissance-themed, with the Sheraton Universal Hotel’s banquet hall decorated like Queen Elizabeth I’s court. “Night of the Stars” is an annual event for the Free Speech Coalition, the adult industry’s trade organization.
The Free Speech Coalition and supporters held a press conference at the state Capitol Tuesday morning to back a bill that would provide support to business owners who have had their records and equipment seized by government.
As the glare of the media spotlight continues to shine on the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM), the Free Speech Coalition issued a statement Wednesday praising the work of the nearly 10-year-old health care clinic that tests adult talent for communicable diseases.
On Monday, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will file a motion designed to block Mountain View, California, based VeriSign's antitrust lawsuit on the basis that the suit violates California's SLAPP law.