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Paris Hilton finds her talent niche: litigious living

September 1st, 2009. By AbiK

A bit of Lex Levity Paris Hilton may not have found her talent niche yet, but she apparently knows how to work the systems—PR and courts, that is. You have to give her credit, she’s tried modeling, acting (tv, viral-release video, and film), singing, perfuming (is that a word?)…but it’s only been recently that she may have found her true calling: a litigious living.

Paris and the Law: Take One

Someone—namely some film investors—had the nerve to file a lawsuit against Paris alleging that she failed to promote her 2006 box office miss “Pledge This!”. See, the movie didn’t quite provide the hoped for ROI, so the investors kind of wanted some money back ($8.3 million, specifically). So they went after what they perceived to be the best target: Paris. Deep pockets? Check! Possible reason film sucked? Check! They figured, hey, easy way to recoup that investment. Unfortunately, U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno didn’t quite agree. He felt the lawsuit was based on speculation. Oh, she may have to cough up around $1 mill, but still…Paris is 1-0.

Paris and the Law: Take Two

Fast-forward to 2007 when Paris took the reins and went after Hallmark. Those creative types in Missouri played off some pop culture (Paris!) and created a greeting card with a cartoon image of a waitress on it. Ahh, but the cartoon had an actual image of Paris’ head superimposed on it, with the caption, “That’s hot”. Paris didn’t take it too kindly—

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Cheapest Law School Ever

August 4th, 2009. By AbiK

lexlevity2 Cheapest Law School Ever It won’t help you make partner, or even get admitted to the bar, but if a hankering for law has gotten under your skin, look no further than “Law School in a Box”, available at MentalFloss.com.

In addition to a textbook (96 pages long!), the “box” part of the learning system includes some Heroes of the Courtroom trading cards, You Be the Judge quiz cards, and a mini-bar exam (no, it doesn’t include any mini bottles of Bacardi for post-exam).

Should you pass the mini-bar, ther lawschoolinabox Cheapest Law School Ever e’s even a diploma—with “real Latin words”! Lingua Latina vivit! But the greatest reward? Knowing that a mere $14.95 investment has kick-started a brilliant legal career. For those of you with higher aspirations, go get that second Master’s and pick up an MBA or an MD while you’re there—in this unstable economy, the more sheepskins you’ve got, well, it might not get you a job but it could give your ego a boost.