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Chicago – Larry Walters of The Walters Law Group is this week’s guest on Adult Site Broker
Talk.
Lawrence G. Walters heads up the Walters Law Group, concentrating on Internet
law, intellectual property, gaming, and First Amendment issues.
Mr. Walters has developed a passion for protecting civil liberties – in particular,
online speech and expression.
He has devoted over 35 years to defending constitutional rights and protecting
free speech.
Mr. Walters is an accomplished civil rights advocate, a widely published author,
and a well-known public speaker.
He frequently represents clients in the online entertainment community, along
with other more traditional industries.
Larry is often consulted as a national expert on legal issues about freedom of
speech and the Internet. He regularly contributes to television news programs on
networks such as NBC, ABC, PBS, BBC, CBC, FNC, MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN.
His high-profile cases are often followed by the print and online media, including
the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post,
and others.
Larry began practicing law in Central Florida in 1988, after graduating from
Florida State University, College of Law, with Honors. While in law school, he
studied English common law at St. Edmund’s Hall in Oxford University and
interned with a federal judge in the Northern District of Florida.
During his career, Walters has served as a Legal Studies professor at the
University of Central Florida and acted as a director for the local bar association
and chamber of commerce. Among his many civic and community activities, he
has served as Chair of the Legal Panel of the ACLU, Central Chapter. He is a
founding member of the Advisory Council for the U.C.F. Legal Studies
Department.
Larry also acts as General Counsel to the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, based
in Washington, DC, and serves on the Advisory Council to the Association of
Sites Advocating Child Protection. He has established and directed numerous
non-profit associations and trade groups. His efforts in helping fight online child
exploitation earned him the Annual Service Recognition Award from the ASACP.
His undergraduate alma mater, the University of Central Florida, recognized
Walters with “Outstanding Alumni” and “Professional Achievement” awards in
2011.
Walters has earned an “AV” (preeminent) rating from lawyers.com, the industrystandard rating service for lawyers, and “10.0 – Superb” by AVVO.com, a popular
online attorney rating service.
Since 2020, Mr. Walters has been recognized as a “Superlawyer” by
Superlawyers.com, which awards that title to only the top 5% of lawyers.
He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 News Makers by the media
industry group, Xbiz, and was included in the top 10% in the ‘Best of the Bar’
competition, through a poll conducted by the Orlando Business Journal. He has
been named First Amendment Lawyer of the Year on numerous occasions.
Mr. Walters launched his First Amendment law practice in the late 1980s,
representing small Florida video shops charged with obscenity.
He went on to create the Florida Bar’s First Amendment Law Committee in 1997
and led the group for more than a decade. Over his career, he has counseled
hundreds of online businesses worldwide on Internet and intellectual property
matters.
His practice spans legal issues such as online advertising, interactive gaming,
digital expression, Section 230 immunity, DMCA protections, 2257 compliance,
domain disputes, blockchain, and new frontiers in Internet regulation. Walters is
often at the forefront of groundbreaking legal battles in adult entertainment,
gaming, and social platforms—many of which he handled on a pro bono basis.
An active speaker and writer, Walters frequently delivers seminars across the
United States on Internet and free speech law. His commentary and articles are
widely published, particularly in the online entertainment community.
He joined the leadership of the First Amendment Lawyers Association in 2005,
serving as National Chairman and later President.
Mr. Walters is licensed in every state and federal court in Florida, as well as the
U.S. Supreme Court, multiple federal appeals courts, and the U.S. Claims Court.
In 2016, he became certified as a foreign-trained lawyer in Canada.
Walters Law Group is an AV-rated firm with over 35 years of experience
representing global clients in First Amendment and adult industry matters.
The practice represents both leading brand names and smaller, independent
ventures.
Clients include producers, performers, hosting companies, platforms, and
subscription services.
They have defended major obscenity prosecutions, fought civil rights claims, and
handled complex IP disputes in courts nationwide.
Walters Law Group has also played a role in multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases
on free speech.
You can follow them on X @WaltersLawGroup.
Bruce, the adult site broker, host of the show, and CEO of Adult Site Broker,
said, “I’ve wanted to get Larry on the podcast for a long time. We had an
excellent discussion on the topic of obscenity law, and it was fascinating.”
Adult Site Broker helps people buy and sell websites in the adult space. They are
known as “the ethical broker” for their business practices. You can contact them
on their website at adultsitebroker.com. Bruce, the adult site broker, is a two-time
nominee for XBIZ Community Figure of the Year.
Starting today, you can listen to Larry Walters of the Walters Law Group on Adult
Site Broker Talk.