"In reality, TV contestants turn up losers"

(iht.com, 11/5): "More than 120 participants from a variety of French reality shows have signed up as clients of Jérémie Assous, a young Parisian attorney who specializes in this emerging legal territory for labor rights. In February, he scored an initial victory when a Paris court ruled that three former contestants from "L'ile de la Tentation" should be treated as regular employees (…)"