NEW YORK ? Sought out for his expertise on 1st Amendment issues, adult industry attorney Lawrence Walters appeared on the CNBC TV show "Power Lunch" today, to discuss the question of whether user-post websites are liable for illegal speech and conduct of site users.
Appearing with former federal prosecutor Jay Fahy and regular "Power Lunch" contributor Herb Greenberg, Walters and the panel discussed the question of whether CraigsList can be held legally liable for advertisements posted to the site by escorts and prostitutes seeking out clients.
Host Sue Herara opened the discussion by asking Fahy how the advertisements posted to CraigsList.com by escorts differed from similar ads that such people might take out in newspapers. Fahy responded that the ads on
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