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THE WASHINGTON FILE: Marketing Mortgages
MORTGAGE PROBLEMS? TURN YOUR HOUSE INTO BILLBOARD
(FindLaw's Law & Daily Life) - Would you like to live in a billboard? Or have a billboard live with you? If you're one of 100 lucky homeowners, this could become your reality. Taking advertising to a new level, mobile ad network Adzookie has begun handing homeowners a monthly mortgage payment in exchange for turning their home into a house billboard.
| Early Buzz
TIPSY TODDLERS: OLIVE GARDEN SERVES BOY SANGRIA
(FindLaw's Injured) - Yet another chain restaurant has mistakenly served a toddler alcohol when the child's parents had requested juice. On the heels of the Applebee's toddler incident, it has come out that, on March 31st, Italian food chain Olive Garden served a 2-year-old Florida boy a cocktail instead of orange juice.
| Next in Line to Sue Facebook...
COULD AN EMAIL COST YOU HALF YOUR BUSINESS?
(FindLaw's Free Enterprise) - Just as Mark Zuckerburg declares victory in one lawsuit seeking a stake in Facebook, he's faced with another. Paul Ceglia, who is suing Zuckerburg for a 50% share in the social networking site, amended his complaint yesterday, providing the court with new evidence that he says proves his case. This new evidence has come in the form of 7-year-old emails, which were purportedly exchanged by a young Zuckerburg and Paul Ceglia, who was an investor in the budding startup.
| Don't Lie About Gluten
GLUTEN FREE FRAUD: BREADMAKER GETS 9-YEAR SENTENCE
(FindLaw's Blotter) - Convicted of 23 counts of fraud for intentionally misleading customers into believing his products were gluten-free, North Carolina breadmaker Paul Evan Seelig is now facing 9 to 11 years behind bars. Some are criticizing the sentence as excessive, arguing that Seelig basically sold mislabeled bread. However, if you consider the state of criminal battery law, and the number of people who purchased the bread, Paul Evan Seelig may have actually gotten off easy.
|  CYBERLAW NEWS - DOWNLOAD THIS!: Blogger Lawsuit
HUFFINGTON POST, AOL FACE LAWSUIT FROM BLOGGER
(AP) - A blogger and union activist has filed a lawsuit against AOL and the Huffington Post for not paying freelance bloggers. Jonathan Tasini's suit, filed Tuesday, seeks class-action status on behalf of more than 9,000 writers and other content providers and asks for at least $105 million in damages. The suit names Huffington Post co-founders Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer as defendants. AOL bought the Huffington Post for $315 million last month.
| News-Pay-Pers
DIGITAL SHIFT: AP TO CHANGE NEWSPAPER FEE FORMULA
(AP) - The Associated Press says it will change the formula for determining the fees it collects from U.S. newspapers to capture the growing number of readers online and on digital devices. The new formula, which goes into effect in 2012, will be based on the size of a newspaper's print and digital audiences. It replaces a formula based on print circulation that has been in effect since 1985.
| CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS: When to Disobey the Doctor's Orders
DOCTOR'S WEIGHT LOSS ADVICE: HAVE SEX WITH ME, VIBRATING MASSAGES
(FindLaw's Legally Weird) - A weight-loss doctor is facing sexual assault charges after touching patients inappropriately during 'fat-burning' massages. Arie Oren, who labeled his sexual advances as an "extra-special treat" for shedding pounds, was arrested Monday in Montgomery County, Pa. on indecent-assault charges. Investigators believe he told at least one that sex with him would help her lose weight and another she could burn 200 calories by having an orgasm.
| LEGAL LITE: The Gloves Didn't Fit...
SYLVESTER STALLONE HAS FAKE 'ROCKY' GLOVES PULLED FROM AUCTION
(FindLaw's Celebrity Justice) - Sylvester Stallone takes his image seriously. Or at least his Rocky gloves seriously. After Sly got wind that a Hollywood memorabilia company was set to auction off a pair of gloves he reportedly used during the six-part boxing saga, he threatened to sue. The cease and desist letter sent by Sylvester Stallone to Profiles In History--a fairly reputable dealer in Hollywood artifacts--claims that the Rocky gloves are fakes. It, however, doesn't explain how the actor knows this.
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