I knew an attorney that worked at Perkins Coie associated with Backpage.com. His job was to review “advertising” to see if it crossed the written policies that defined it as advertising prostitution. He found the job absolutely disgusting as almost all the advertising was either for escorts or massage parlors and there was a lot of sexual innuendo in each.
Perkins was hired by Backpage to monitor its advertising and advice it on ads that crossed the line. That way in court they could argue that they were not promoting prostitution. If the money being seized was for this kind of service, yes Perking Coie is a sleazy outfit, but not sure that makes them guilty of sex trafficking. Even prostitutes deserve to have legal representation.
Thank you, those are excellent points.