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| Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions | Top |
| Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Ecko promised that any customers who got a permanent tattoo of its logo inked on their bodies would get a 20 percent discount for life. So, now I have the Ecko rhino tattooed on my forearm! I get 20 percent off the sale price, right? Answer: You wish! The Ecko tattoo offer "may not be combined with any other offers." (ShopEcko, Get a Tattoo and Get 20% Off For Life) 2) Question: I work full time and go to school full time, and I'm a single parent. I didn't have time to write my college term paper so I "outsourced" that task to a term paper-writing company that promised to deliver me a paper in four days. Four days later ... no paper has arrived! Can I file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau? Answer: You can, and probably will, but are you sure you have completely thought through this "cheaters reporting cheaters" strategy? (Free Republic, Term paper company irks profs, students) (via Turley) 3) Question: Yes, I did call the judge a four-letter word starting with "c" and rhyming with "hunt,"... | |
| LBW Law Job of the Week: Porn Star Condom Checker | Top |
| Let's kick off a new series here at LBW called "LBW Law Job of the Week," where I will share information about law jobs you may not even have known existed. Today's job: The State "Safety Official" Who Checks to See if Porn Stars are Wearing Condoms. The AP reports that the state of California has fined Larry Flynt's Hustler Video "for not using condoms on set to protect sex performers from exposure to disease." How, you might ask, does The Golden State know if prophylactic measures are being taken on the set of porn shoots? Good question, and that is where those individuals who hold today's Law Job of the Week come in to play. It turns out that California OSHA officers are responsible for making sure porn video makers such as Hustler use "personal protective equipment" (i.e., condoms) to protect their employees. As a California safety engineer told The AP, however, one of the unique challenges for OSHA officers on the porn beat is that the "job sites can be difficult to find." In the Hustler case, safety officers were able to find the job site and swoop in back in September to issue citations after receiving a... | |
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