Media Commentary
“Records need to be kept in a certain way, so they’re retrievable by the title of the work, the model stage name or the model’s actual name, advised the professorial Walters, whose measured tone and articulate delivery carried the gravitas of a well-heeled yet eminently approachable barrister.” A. Freixes, Xbiz.com, reporting on the Legal Panel at Xbiz Miami, (May 2019).
“The audience was captivated, and judging by the number of questions…a bit blindsided by the enormity of it all.” K. Brewer, AVN Online, reporting on Mr. Walters’ speech at the conference in San Francisco, CA.
“Larry Walters provided a wealth of detailed advice that had never before been offered at one of these seminars. In fact, it was a rare treat to see a panelist arrive as prepared.” AVN Online, Lawyers to Newbies: Get an Attorney (Sept. 2001)
Presentations
Constitutional Restrictions on Erotic Speech
Past Speaking Engagements
January 26, 2024 – AVN/Internext – Anti-Piracy Workshop – 2:00pm-3:00pm Pacific Time
January 26, 2024 – AVN/Internext – Age Verification Workshop – 10:30am-11:15am Pacific Time
January 16, 2024 – XBIZ LA – Legal Outlook: 2024
January 17, 2024 – XBIZ LA – Exit Strategy Planning: Is Your Golden Parachute Ready?
January 18, 2024 – XBIZ LA – Balancing Act: Censorship, Advocacy & Adult Entertainment
Woodhull Censorship Series Program, August 22, 2023, 12pm – Preserving Online Freedom; FOSTA, Age Verification & Censorship
Freedom Fest, July 15, 2023, 11am – Sex & Censorship; The Beat Goes On
XBIZ Miami, May 16, 2023, 3pm Eastern – Talent and the Law: Legal Issues for Content Creators; May 17, 2023, 12pm Eastern – Legal Update 2023
January 30, 2023, at 12pm EST, Free Speech and Expression in 2023, What Can We Expect?
November 18, 2022, 2pm Eastern – The Games People Play – Gaming, Gaming, and the First Amendment. Full Sail University
August 6, 2022 – Woodhull Freedom Summit – Lawyering For Sex Workers
May 18, 2022, 11am and 2pm Eastern – XBIZ Miami – Legal Panels
May 11, 2022, 5pm Eastern – YNOT Summit – Legal Panel
January 5, 2022, 1pm Pacific – Legal Panel, XBIZ LA
December 16, 2021 at 2pm Eastern, Legal Panel (virtual), Pineapple Summit
September 14, 2021 at 11am Eastern, Legal Update, XBIX Berlin
Legal Panel, YNOT Summit, July 8, 2021 at 2pm Eastern.
Xbiz Miami – Legal Update, May 25, 2021 at 4pm Eastern.
SXSW Online – Section 230 and the Future of Internet Censorship, March 16-20, 2021
Adult Entertainment Expo, Legal Panel, January 20, 2021 – 7pm Eastern.
Xbiz Summit, Legal Outlook, January 13, 2021 – 5pm Eastern.
Legal Panel, Pineapple Support Summit, December 17, 2020.
Ynot Summit; Legal Update – December 2, 2020 at 4pm Eastern.
Xbiz Berlin – Euro Legal Issues, October 21, 2020
Facing New Legal Challenges in Adult, interNEXT, Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 26-28, 2020.
XBIZ 2020 – Voices of Adult, January 13-17, 2020, Los Angeles, CA.
October 22, 2019, FOSTA Panel, FAMU College of Law, Orlando, FL.
August 17, 2019, 4:30-6:00pm: FOSTA Update, Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, Washington, DC.
May 30, 2019, 11:00 am: “Legal Toolkit: Basics for Today’s Talent” XBIZ Miami, Miami, FL
May 30, 2019, 1:00 pm: “Legal 2019: A Mid-Year Report” XBIZ Miami, Miami, FL
March 11, 2019, 3:30 pm: Panel – SESTA/FOSTA: Forcing Internet Users to be Rated G? SXSW 2019, Austin, TX, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eouapWIjsjQ
January 16, 2019, 12:00 pm: Legal Panel, XBIZ LA, Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 2019, 3:00 pm: Seminar – Law & Order: Understanding the Biggest Legal Issues Facing Adult Entertainment, interNEXT, Las Vegas, NV
August 4, 2018, 4:30 – 6:30: FOSTA! How Congress Broke the Internet, Woodhull Freedom Summit, Alexandria, VA
May 31, 2018, 12:00 pm: “Legal Update: The Year in Review, the Road Ahead,” XBIZ Miami, Miami, FL
Speaking Freely, The First Amendment’s Protection of Modern Media, March 29, 2018, 1:30pm Full Sail “On Air” – Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBBP7FrMlqA
XBIZ LA – January 16, 2018, 3:00pm, Legal Panel, Andaz Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
interNEXT, January 21, 2018, 3:00 pm, Seminar – Legal Pulse: Understanding the Climate in 2018, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Woodhull Freedom Summit; Legal Update; August 3-6, 2017. Washington, DC.
XBIZ Miami Summit, Legal Panel, May 31, 2017, 3pm. Miami, FL
January 16, 2017: 3:00 – 4:00 pm – Legal Angles: Understanding Laws & Regulations that Could Affect Your Bottom Line – interNEXT – Las Vegas, NV
January 12, 2017: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. – XBIZ 2017 FSC Panel – XBIZ – Los Angeles, CA
January 11, 2017: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Legal Challenges for Adult Entertainment – XBIZ – Los Angeles, CA
Oct 17, 2016 – Free Expression Network – Erotic Entertainment Panel, Washington, DC
August 5, 2016 at 2:45pm: Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit Sex, Laws, & Videos, Washington, DC
June 2, 2016, 3:00 pm: State of the Industry: A Mid-Year Snapshot, XBIZ Summit, Miami, FL
January 18, 2016, 3:00 pm – Law & Order: Understanding the Biggest Legal Issues Facing the Industry – interNEXT Expo – Las Vegas, NV
June 17, 2015, 9:00am, Emerging Issues in Virtual Currency Regulation, North American Gaming Regulators Association, Denver, CO.
June 3, 2015, 2:00 pm, Legal Seminar, XBIZ Summit, Miami, FL
April 16, 2015, 1:00 pm: Panel Moderator – “Alternative Payment Solutions,” iGaming North America 2015, Las Vegas, NV
The War on Human Trafficking; the New War on Porn; Adult Virtual Convention – Cyberspace. February 27, 2015; 2pm Eastern.
February 5, 2015, 12:30 pm: Panel – “Human Trafficking as the New Censorship Tool,” First Amendment Lawyer’s Association, Las Vegas, NV
January 18, 2015, 1:00 pm: Legal Workshop, interNEXT 2015, Las Vegas, NV
October 8, 2014, 8:00 pm – The Survival of Free Expression in the Surveillance State – UCF Distinguished Speakers Series (UCF Student Union- Cape Florida 316 CD)
August 2, 2014, 12pm – Legal Presentation – Camming Con Miami Beach, FL
June 12, 2014, 1:30pm – 2014 NAGRA Annual Training and Education Conference Bloomington, Minnesota
May 15, 2014, 1pm EST – XBIZ Summit Miami Legal Panel Miami, FL
May 15, 2014, 3pm EST – XBIZ Summit Miami Camming, Dating Legal Workshop, Miami, FL
March 21, 2014, 11am – Pacific Virtual Currencies iGNA Conference 2014, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
February 27, 2014, 2pm – Pacific / 5pm Eastern “The Politics of Porn” Panel Discussion Adult Virtual Convention
January 23, 2014, 2:00 p.m. – Legal Panel on Hot-Button issues Impacting Adult Entertainment
January 16, 2014, 3pm-4pm – AEE Legal Panel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
January 12, 2014, 4pm – Regulating Websites Through Consumer Protection, interNEXT Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada.
October 23, 2013 – Mr. Walters will be a guest speaker in the Gaming Expert Roundtable: How Affiliates Can Rev Up for Regulation, held by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com, which will discuss the current state of U.S. regulations concerning online gaming.
May 14-17, 2013 – Legal: Pressing Issues for Industry Entrepreneurs – XBIZ Miami Summit – Miami, FL
April 4, 2013, 3pm – Lawrence Walters – Phoenix Forum – Legal 101 – Phoenix, Nevada
February 23, 2013 – Gaming Law – Casinos, Internet, Ethics, and Beyond – The Sixth Annual Nova Southeastern University Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium, Davie, Florida
January 20, 2013 – Online Safety Panel, Online Dating Summit, Miami, FL
January 15, 2013 – Legal Seminar, interNEXT Expo – Las Vegas, NE
August 27-29, 2012 – Gentlemen’s Club Expo 2012 – Legal Workshop, Las Vegas, NE
July 12, 2012 – First Amendment Lawyers Association, “Ethical Issues Regarding Use of Social Media by Attorneys”, Chicago, IL.
June 11-12, 2012 – U.S. Gaming Law Update, Canadian Gaming Summit
April 15th – 17th, 2012 – IMGL 2012 Spring Conference – Scottsdale, Arizona – Creative Options to Internet Gaming
April 9th – 12th, 2012 – Stanford Law & Policy Review’s (SLPR) Adult Entertainment Symposium
March 30, 2012 – Legal 101 – Phoenix Forum – Tempe, AZ
March 13, 2012 – 2pm EST, Lawrence Walters will present a Webinar on “Internet Censorship” Sponsored by West Publishing.
February 17, 2012, First Amendment Lawyers Association, San Diego, California – “Ethics – Social Media Traps”
January 16, 2012, interNEXT Expo – “Protecting Your Online Brand” Las Vegas, Nevada
November 16, 2011 “Obscenity and Constitutional Law” Florida A & M University College of Law, Orlando, FL.
June 11, 2011 “Dating for Dollars: Promising a Personal Touch” Camming Summit, Chicago, IL
April 20, 2011, “Legal Panel” Canadian Gaming Summit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
September 23, 2010, ”Self-Determination, Bodies and Free Speech” National Sexual Freedom Day Celebration, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, National Press Club, Washington, DC
August 7, 2010, 1-2 pm – Room 217, “What Every Retailer Should Know: A Legal Workshop,” AVN Show, Hollywood, FL
August 7, 2010, 3-4 pm – Atlantic 3, “Living with Visa: The Latest on Credit Card Regulations and Policies,” AVN Show, Hollywood, FL
August 6, 2010, 1-2 pm – Atlantic 2, “Legal Overview: The Lowdown on the Industry’s Most Pressing Issues,” AVN Show, Hollywood, FL
July 22, 2010 – 11:30 am – “Regulation of Violent Video Games Will Free Speech Get Pwned?” First Amendment Lawyers Association – Summer 2010 Meeting – Denver, CO
February 19, 2010 – 10:00 am – First Amendment Law Review’s Annual Symposium – “Issues in Free Speech and Sexually Explicit Content” – University of North Carolina School of Law
February 26, 2010 – 11:45 am – “Obscenity Update – Panel” First Amendment Lawyers Association – San Antonio, Texas
January 8, 2010 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – “Arthur Schwartz Legal Seminar: Recent Developments in Adult Law” AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2010. Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV.
November 12, 2009 “Gambling, Gaming, Sweepstakes and Lottery,” 21st Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Conference Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
July 16, 2009 – Free Speech & The Internet – First Amendment Lawyers Association Vancouver, BC
June 3, 2009 at 10am – Webmaster Boot Camp, Xbiz Summer Forum, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
April 17, 2009 10:30am – 12:30pm “Program: Emerging Legal Issues in Online Gaming”
March 25, 2009 2:30pm – 3:30pm – “Silencing the Censors” – Game Developers Conference 2009
February 4-7, 2009 – First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) Winter Meeting 2009, New Orleans, LA
January 14, 2009 — “Politics and Porn: How the New Administration Will Affect Your Business” – interNEXT, Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, NV
January 8-11, 2009 – AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE), Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV
January 10, 2009 – 3:45-5:00pm – “Staking Your Claim on the Web Part 3: It’s Mine and You Can’t Have It! – Protecting Your Content”
August 8-10 2008 – Legal Panel, interNEXT, The Westin Diplomat, Hollywood, FL
July 31 – August 3, 2008 SwingFest 2008, Hollywood, Florida
July 23-25 2008 FALA Summer 2008: Free Speech & the Internet, InterContinental Hotel, San Francisco, CA
March 26, 2008 – 3:00 pm – Obscenity & the Law, FSU Law School, Tallahassee, FL
March 29 – 30, 2008 – Indie MMO Game Developers Conference, Minneapolis, MN
February 19 – 20, 2008 Game Developers Conference, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, February 20th, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Censorship of Game Content – A Report from the Trenches
February 20 – 24, 2008 First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA), Me Cabo Hotel, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
January 9 – 12, 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo, Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV January 9th, 3:30 p.m – 5:00 p.m. – Click Here – Build, Improve or Expand Your Websites
January 11th, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Adult Products Law Open Forum
August 4, 2007, Legal Panel, Hollywood, FL, interNEXT Expo
August 2, 2007, Free Speech & the Internet, Chicago, IL, First Amendment Lawyers Association Summer Meeting
July 12, 2007 – 11:00 a.m. Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV,
May 24, 2007 4:00-5:00 pm “Online Gaming Update” at the International Masters of Gaming Conference, Chicago, IL
April 26, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. Online Skill Gaming & I-Gaming Update, Canadian Gaming Summit in Toronto, Canada
April 4, 2007, 2:00-3:00 pm – “The Court, The Kids & You: Law Issues for Educators,” Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Orlando
March 5-9, 2007, IGDA Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA
February 27, 2007, “The Latest Developments in Online Gaming Advertising and Marketing,” Second Annual Legal & Business Guide to Gaming, Toronto, Canada
February 15, 2007, ABA National Institute on the 11th Gaming Law Minefield, Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
February 8, 2007, Free Speech & the Internet, First Amendment Lawyers Association, Tucson, AZ
January 17, 2007, 1:00–3:00 pm The War on Porn: Public Enemy No. 1: You.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 1:00-3:00 pm Protecting Children, Protecting Yourself
January 10, 2007, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. AVN Expo; Questioning the Legal System, Las Vegas, NV
January 10, 2007, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. AVN Expo; Add to My Cart – Secrets to Success of Online Retailing, Las Vegas, NV
August 3, 2006, Free Speech & the Internet, First Amendment Lawyers Association, Boston, MA
August 4, 2006, Extreme v. Hardcore Content, interNEXT Expo, Hollywood, FL
June 8-9, 2006, Sex in Videogames Conference, San Francisco, CA
February 16, 2006, Gaming in Canada, Toronto CA.
February 9, 2006, Free Speech & the Internet, Santa Monica, CA, First Amendment Lawyers Association
January 7, 2006, Legal Panel, interNEXT Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
December 8, 2005, I-Gaming In Depth – Online Poker, Nassau, Bahamas
August 24, 2005, Legal Panel, Las Vegas, Nevada Gentlemen’s Club Expo
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, 10:15am, Legal Panel, GIGSE, Montreal, CA.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:00pm, The Positioning for Profitability in the Video Game Economy Conference
Thursday, February 10, 2005, San Jose, Costa Rica First Amendment Lawyers Association, Free Speech & the Internet
Friday, January 7, 2005 2pm, Las Vegas, NE Adult Entertainment Expo
Friday, September 24, 2004 4:00pm, Tampa, Florida FetishCON, Governmental Regulation of Human Sexuality
Hear the interview with Mr. Walters about the PROTECT Act
May 17, 2004, 4:00pm, “The Advertising Crisis”, Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo, Toronto, CA
February 5, 2004, 10:30am, Free Speech & the Internet, First Amendment Lawyers Association, St. Thomas, VI.
January 9, 2004, 2:00pm, Legal Panel, Adult Entertainment Expo. Las Vegas, Nevada
December 8-9, 2003, The Sixth Annual International Symposium on Internet and Wireless Gambling Law and Management, Paradise Island, Bahamas.
September 5-6, 2003: Obscenity & the Internet, The Everything to do with Love Show, Chicago, IL
August 2, 2003: Legal Panel, interNEXT, Hollywood, Florida Montreal, Canada, June 18, 2003
“Content Concerns & Copyright,” Adult Online Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 28, 2003
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality San Jose, CA, April 10-13, 2003
The Everything to do with Sex Show Vancouver, BC, January 24-25, 2003
The Sixth Annual International Symposium on Internet and Wireless Gambling Law and Management, Atlantis, Bahamas, December 9, 2002
Gentlemen’s Club Expo, Legal Roundtable, Las Vegas, NE., August 30, 2002
August 10, 2002, interNEXT, Legal Panel, Hollywood, CA
“USA Legal Update – Your Right to Advertise” iGamingWorld 2002, Bellagio Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, June 24-26, 2002.
“Free Speech & the Internet” First Amendment Lawyers Association, Cancun, Mexico, February 7, 2001.
Sex, Laws & Government, Adult Entertainment Law Symposium, Orlando, February 13, 2002.
Legal Panels, interNEXT, in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6-8, 2002.
Legal Panel, AdultDex, in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12, 2001
“Internet Law in Florida” National Business Institute, Orlando, Florida, November 1, 2001.
“Legal Panel” Cybernet Expo, Miami, Florida, August 25, 2001.
“Free Speech & the Internet” First Amendment Lawyers Association, Vancouver BC, August 2, 2001.
“A Newbie’s Legal Primer: ’Things you Must Discuss with your Attorney ” June 27, 2001
“Internet Legal Issues for Web Developers” Univ. of Central Florida, Sept. 2000
“Commercial Law of the Internet” National Business Institute, October 2000.
“Internet Research for Legal Professionals,” March 21, 2000 Lorman Publishing
“Free Speech and the Internet,” August 2000, First Amendment Lawyers Association, February, 2001
“Academic Freedom Conference” Univ. of North Florida, January 2001
“Internet and Obscenity” Rollins College, February 13, 2001
“Internet Law in Florida,” February 23, 2001 Lorman Publishing
“Internet Research in Florida” March 30, 2001 – Orlando, Florida
“Legal Panel” Association of Club Executives, March 31, 2001 – Miami, Florida
“Supreme Court Update for Webmasters” Adult Webmaster Events, Atlanta (June 16, 2001)