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Election advertising law on hold
Lobby groups in Manitoba will have to wait a while longer to find out what rules they must play by in the next provincial election campaign. Premier Gary Doer says he will postpone enforcing a new law on election advertising until the issue is decided by the Supreme Court. A recent court ruling in Alberta on a similar law concerning federal election campaigns said part of the law is unconstitutional, because it limits how much lobby groups can spend on endorsing or opposing a political party or candidate. Manitoba tried to impose similar limits in its year-old election advertising law. Doer says
New President At Griffin Bacal
For Paul Kurnit, becoming president of Griffin Bacal was a matter of keeping up with the family. Mr. Kurnit, whose appointment was announced yesterday, comes from a family steeped in the lore of the industry. Or, as he put it: ''We're creeping all over this business.'' For Paul Kurnit, becoming president of Griffin Bacal was a matter of keeping up with the family. Mr. Kurnit, whose appointment was announced yesterday, comes from a family steeped in the lore of the industry. Or, as he put it: ''We're creeping all over this business.'' Mr. Kurnit's father, Shepard, is president of
High Court rules in ASA’s favour as editorial-ad distinction blurs.
Advertising watchdogs have won a legal victory in their battle to police a rapidly changing media scene. It came as the High Court last week threw out a claim that the Advertising Standards Authority had exceeded its jurisdiction. Now lawyers believe the failure of the application for a judicial...
Family denies ‘dying father’ scam
Mark Long and his wife, Andrea, from Park Mews, Retford, Notts, allegedly amassed more than £100,000 in deposits as his father, John, was dying. His mother, Mavis, from Rossington, South Yorks, made £42,000 cash, using her husband's cards after his death. Mr Long, a Lincolnshire officer, and his family deny multiple fraud charges. Accounts emptied Collingwood Thompson QC, prosecuting, told Derby Crown Court John Long was diagnosed with an aggressive and incurable form of cancer in June 1998. He ran up £146,000 of credit card debts before his death in April 2001. The former car dealer, who had been out
Metro Digest New York City Trying Again On Aids Policy
A week after a vote to stress abstinence in AIDS education bitterly divided the Board of Education, board members who supported the policy have decided to back off and come up with a compromise plan. The changes being discussed would still require teachers to emphasize abstinence as the most effective way to avoid AIDS, but not in every lesson taught or every pamphlet distributed. B3. A WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE The Bush Administration denounced the Mayors of New York City and Washington for allowing drug addicts to receive clean hypodermic needles under experimental programs intended to curb the spread
Amended consumer protection rules
The Consumers Protection Council (CPC), Vellore, a non-governmental organisation, has issued the recently-amended Consumer Protection rules, 1987, in the interests of the consumer public and consumer litigants: "Subsequent to the passing of the Consumer Protection Rules, 1987 and the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 2002, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs), New Delhi, has issued a notification dated March 5, 2004, informing about further amendments made to the Consumer Protection Rules by the Central Government. As per the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, consumers filing petitions or preferring appeals before the Consumer Disputes Redressal
EU’s top court dismisses German challenge to EU tobacco advertising law
he EU's highest court has dismissed a challenge brought by the German government against EU laws prohibiting the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products in media outside television. Germany challenged two specific articles of the law -- namely the advertising of tobacco products in the press and on the radio and the sponsorship of radio programmes by tobacco companies. The government claimed the measures would not contribute to removing obstacles to the free movement of goods or boost competition. The European Court of Justice said in a ruling that the provisions, which are proportionate, do allow the internal market to function. simon.zekaria@afxnews.com sz/cml COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News
EU warns Italy and Hungary over tobacco ads
Brussels - The European Union's executive branch warned Italy and Hungary on Wednesday to fix their laws on tobacco advertising or face legal action before the bloc's highest court. The European Commission sent them "reasoned opinions", the final step before going to the European Court of Justice, saying they had incorrectly implemented an EU tobacco advertising law by allowing exemptions for rules that ban sponsorships. "The Commission is clear that there can be no derogation from the directive's ban on tobacco sponsorship for cross-border events, whether it's for Formula One or for other events," Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said
New York City A Decision In Fatal Shooting
A Manhattan grand jury has cleared a New York City police officer in the fatal shooting of a drug suspect whose death in July touched off violent demonstrations in Washington Heights, according to a top official in the Manhattan District Attorney's office. But the District Attorney has declined to announce the grand jury's decision while city officials and community groups put into motion elaborate efforts to stave off new violence. A1. A FOSTER-CARE SUCCESS STORY When the 5-year-old foster child first walked into the psychotherapist's office, he did not know how to play. As the months passed, he learned to
Judge To Review Lawyer Ads
New state rules prohibiting certain attorney advertisements will face their first legal test Friday, when a federal judge in Syracuse hears oral arguments on whether the restrictions violate the First Amendment. A personal injury firm from Syracuse is asking that a judge forbid the state to enforce the rules, which took effect in February and were the subject of much debate among lawyers last year. At the center of the lawsuit are television advertisements used by the Syracuse firm, Alexander & Catalano LLC, which include a spot showing the firm's lawyers advising aliens on how to collect insurance money for their crashed