A tipster pointed me to Survivor producer Mark Burnett's new reality show, How'd You Get So Rich, starring the irrepressible Joan Rivers.

You can watch the entire first episode here.

The show features three rags-to-riches stories, where Joan visits their homes, looks at all their fancy stuff, and basically cracks a lot of jokes.

What's pertinent here is the third segment featured none other than franchise litigator Bob Zarco, his beautiful young second wife, and their phenomenal gazillion-dollar mansion on Biscayne Bay.

Come on, is Bob really that wealthy?

They have 12 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, his wife has over 200 designer shoes in a massive room you cannot fairly call a closet, they have three boats (including a Cigarette), multiple cars (including a restored Model T), and a mural of Bob at sea gripping the wheel of a schooner, his wife down at his side, hand-painted on the ceiling of his home at a cost of $50k.

Not only that, but Bob comes across on the show as genuinely funny, self-effacing, and charming.

Hey, what can I tell you -- it's TV.

Hi folks!

So overall it was a pretty good football weekend, no?

Not to get all Iqbal-centric on a bright Monday morning, but I see that the House Judiciary Committee will be holding hearings this week on the dreadfully imprecise Iqbal pleading standard.

It's about time, I say.

I guess now that the folks in DC fixed health care, ended our wars, and restored our shattered economy they can get on to some important legislation for a change.

Vanessa Blum has a nice overview in today's DBR regarding law firms and how managing partners see the upcoming year.

Naturally, no one wants to say -- "it sucks, the clients are not paying, the work is drying up, the costs are out of control, and this year looks worse than last year."

So we hear lots of blather about energy-efficient lightbulbs, trimming fancy dinners and signing megabuck leases as a way to cut costs.

But then I came across this quote from the very wealthy and successful Bob Zarco:

Even Miami franchise law attorney Robert Zarco, a multimillionaire known for his extravagant fashion taste, said he reined in travel and entertainment spending at the 11-lawyer Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito.

“I’m just being a little more cautious,” he said. “We used to stay in the absolute nicest hotels. We used to rent the most luxurious vehicles and eat in absolutely the most expensive restaurants.”

You're not kidding.

Just last year Bob was featured in a Herald article that focused on his high-flying travel expenditures:

Even so, the frequent traveler does not leave home lightly. He insists on five-star accommodations even when clients won't pay for it, making up the difference out of his own pocket.

"When I travel I am leaving my family, I am leaving the comforts of my home to work for someone else, " he said. "I live in a very nice home. I live very comfortably."

So when he's on the road, he tends to sleep in a Peninsula or a Ritz-Carlton, two of the country's priciest hotel chains. He's such a loyal customer that one Peninsula keeps sheets for him embroidered with "RZ."

Holy hail, if Zarco has been forced to endure a night's rest without his personally monogrammed sheets when he stays at the Peninsula, what is the world coming to?

I mean, what's next -- having to forgo the shrimp appetizer before the afternoon deposition? That's just unacceptable.

Seriously, what other indignities can a man be expected to endure?

I'm still reeling from the wealth on display at Bob Zarco's house from his appearance on Joan Rivers' How'd You Get So Rich?

(Oy Bob, that mural!)

We also know that Bob only stays at 5-star hotels.

But today we learn that he's also taken down the GC of Dunkin' Donuts:

The doughnut chain has reportedly filed more than 350 lawsuits against its franchisees. About 100 of them met last month at a Dunkin' Donuts Independent Franchise Owners meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts—not far from the company's headquarters in Canton.

Miami attorney Robert Zarco, of Zarco Einhoren Salkowski & Brito, warned the group that the company had turned its loss prevention department into a "profit center," according to an article in The Boston Globe. Zarco, who said he represents more than a dozen Dunkin' franchisees, told the paper that the company profits from terminating franchisees by collecting transfer fees and increased royalties from new franchisees.

Zarco says Horn's resignation was a direct result of the uproar over the tactics, and pushback by the victims. "I believe these draconian tactics have caught up with Steve Horn," Zarco told the blog Blue MauMau. "He has been a bully for years."

That's a snazzy blog there btw, BlueMauMau.

They also report -- just coincidentally -- that Bob's partner Robert Einhorn on Friday obtained a jury verdict against Miami Beach franchisor Donald Boroian and his Francorp development firm:

In summarizing the litigation, Einhorn previously stated, "Don Boroian and his company completely stepped out of the role of being a franchise consultant to become his client's partner, her joint venturer and her legal counsel. They actively participated in a scheme to defraud my clients." South Beach’s principal, Carol (Meyers) Brothers, brought the concept to Francorp to develop its franchising program. Boroian first met Brothers in 1978, when she brought her first concept, Pop-In-Maid Service, to him, a company she later took into bankruptcy.

Franchisor South Beach, a promoter and seller of health and lifestyle products, granted the exclusive rights to sell franchises in geographic areas to master franchisees. The lawsuit alleges that Boroian and Brothers induced people to buy into the system based on misrepresentations they gave about the company and its owner's checkered background.

Carol Brothers, originally named as a defendant but dropped after filing for personal bankruptcy, testified at last week’s trial for Boroian. While his own defense was basically that Brothers was the one at fault in the South Beach lawsuit, Brother’s testimony conflicted with his theory of defense. Einhorn said she admitted on the stand that she perjured herself and lied to the bankruptcy court. He said that is a serious offense. And she admitted to forging two letters, which Boroian had accused her of doing.

Again, this is a situation where the defendant reportedly offered nothing at mediation.

You can read the jury verdict form here.