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.

The “Community Defense Act” has crippled adult businesses in Ohio and Missouri — who’s next?
Midnight closings, six-foot distance requirements between dancers and patrons and increased zoning regulations are just a few of the crippling items included in the “Community Defense Act,” which have devastated adult businesses in two states. Attorney Clyde DeWitt explains the origins of this legislation, who’s responsible for it—and which states face that legislation right now.

As we look towards “Generation Next,” industry attorney Clyde DeWitt takes a look at how adult entertainment has evolved, from the speakeasies of the 1920s through the sexual revolution of the 1960s, to the gentlemen’s club of the ‘80s and beyond.

Cheetah 1 Hallandale Beach 0
What do you do when the city revokes your licenses to operate without any sort of hearing or chance to defend yourself?  Attorney Steven G. Mason, who defended the Cheetah club in such a case against Hallandale Beach, offers his strategies for victory.

The plastic rules all

Merchants—including you, the adult nightclub owner/operator—need the “plastic empire” profoundly more than that empire needs them.  Attorney Clyde DeWitt explains how critical a merchant processing account is to a successful business, as well as the process by which a club could lose the ability to accept credit cards.