What weight loss product could she possibly endorse? The 'move
everything to your ass' diet?

Yeah, if she's on the payroll of a competing product (and is using her
fame to influence purchasing patterns) I could see how they'd have a
case. It's tenuous- just like her fame.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20100104.html
>
> Basicaly, Kim Kardashian is getting sued because she tweeted that the "Cookie 
> Diet" was unhealthy.  The article is interesting in that it isn't a news 
> report but a legal analysis.  I don't usually agree with Julie Hilden, but 
> her analysis is pretty good here.
>
> Bottom line, is calling something 'unhealthy' an opinion or a statement of 
> 'fact'?  Considering it's Kim Kardashian, not Dr. C. Everert Coop, or even 
> Dr. Phil, probably not a real statement of fact; however, given she still has 
> a freakin' tv show and is appaently a spokesperson for another weightlose 
> product, her statements do have some sort of credibility with the target 
> demographic of people considering something called the "Cookie Diet".  
> Therefore, maybe they do have a case.
>
> Crap, I'm back in the 99% of lawyers . . .
>
> ~Ron, Esq.
>
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