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Friday, November 6, 2009

Anti-smoking laws being violated

Anti-smoking laws being violated
i personally dont like smoking. It is a disease that cut you, hurt you, drill you, erase you, piss you, even kiss you na just joking, but it kills you slowly and slowly.

Read this if you can this is true 100% true.

Now lets talk about law about smoking. I dont know much about any other country but Pakistan.
Here law is not so good but resonable. No one is following it people are violating anti smoking from day one and no one is taking actions.
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ISLAMABAD (APP) - Smokers violating the law of complete ban on tobacco use at work and public places have still continued this practice in the federal capital. Citizens complained that after withdrawal of Statutory Rules and Orders (SRO), all public and work places have become smoke-free, therefore, smokers should not be allowed smoking or using tobacco in any other form in any public place.
They said individuals and offices are clearly violating the ordinance. They said complete implementation of law would help protect the health of non-smokers and make the smokers abiders of the concerned laws.
It is pertinent to mention here that earlier, all public and private offices were allowed to designate a separate place for smokers to smoke within office premises with adequate arrangements to protect the health of non-smokers.
However, such permission was being misused, as it had become practice that smokers were using places in offices other than designated areas while many offices had failed to allocate designated places for smokers. The government had already declared some places of public work as no tobacco places included hospitals, educational institutions, offices, conference rooms, all domestic flights, restaurants, buses, wagons, trains, indoor stadiums, gymnasiums, lounges of airports, waiting rooms at railway stations and waiting rooms at bus stations.
When contacted an official of Ministry of Healthbs Tobacco Control Cell, a responsible body that makes strategies for proper implementation of non-smokers ordinance said that SRO withdrawal will help cell to have strictly check on law violators with the help of public and concerned departments.
He said a five years strategic plan of action has been formulated by the cell with focus on awareness programme for health officials, professionals, teachers, decision makers, administrative staffs etc.
Health experts claimed that non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke at home and workplaces have a 20 percent to 30 percent increased risk of developing lung cancer besides other health complications.
Approximately 0.1 million people die every year in Pakistan from diseases caused by tobacco. According to estimates of Pakistan Medical Society 1.8 million youth between 10 to 24 years of age are at high risk of getting cancer and other diseases from smoking.



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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Applications Up, Way Up, At Iowa Law School

Applications Up, Way Up, At Iowa Law School

University of Iowa College of Law logo.jpgThe influx of law students into the profession — and the deflationary pressure they bring to legal salaries — just can’t be stopped. There are too many prospective law students. And they aren’t listening to reason.

We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes, drums… drums in the deep. We cannot get out … they are coming.

The University of Iowa College of Law — that’s right, Iowa — is receiving a record number of applications. The administration sent out this, almost taunting, email:

Greetings from The University of Iowa College of Law:

We have nearly completed a busy Fall travel schedule. Also, it has been a very successful travel season, as reflected in our total application numbers to date: Applications to The University of Iowa College of Law have increased 62% versus this time last year, and the quality and diversity of those applications has increased significantly, as well. It is still early in the admissions season, so we will see if these positive signs hold up over the long term. These increases do, however, reinforce the strengths of The University of Iowa College of Law:

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Non-Sequiturs: 11.05.09

Non-Sequiturs: 11.05.09
Ike and Tina.jpg* Did I miss the part where beating your wife became a civil right? [Double X]

* The Anonymous Lawyer opines on Biglaw bonuses. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Justice Antonin Scalia will be speaking at Ohio State. Any chance he’s looking for clerks? [Moritz College of Law]

* Stealing court documents in plain sight. [The Victorious Opposition]

* Why does Facebook hate pregnant women? [Gothamist]

* Anyone wondering why Carrie Prejean abruptly settled her suit with the Miss America people? It’s pretty hot, or horrible, I can’t decide. [TMZ]


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Lawyers of the Day: Arthur Cutillo, Michael Kimelman, and Jason Goldfarb

Lawyers of the Day: Arthur Cutillo, Michael Kimelman, and Jason Goldfarb

Michael Kimelman Mike Kimelman Michael Kimmelman Arthur J Cutillo Arthur Cutillo Ropes Gray headshot.JPGToday the winners of Lawyer of the Day honors are obvious. Congratulations to Arthur Cutillo, Michael Kimelman, and Jason Goldbfarb, three attorneys who stand accused of involvement in the infamous Galleon Group insider trading scheme.

Both Cutillo and Kimelman have distinguished pedigrees, with ties to two top firms. Cutillo (left), a holder of an M.S. in chemical engineering as well as a J.D. (both from Villanova), was an associate at the white-shoe firm of Ropes & Gray. Kimelman (right), a partner at Incremental Capital LLC, once worked as an associate at super-prestigious Sullivan & Cromwell. Check out Cutillo’s firm bio and Kimelman’s LinkedIn profile over here.

The third charged lawyer, Jason Goldfarb, apparently worked as a personal injury lawyer in Brooklyn. He allegedly served as a conduit of information between Cutillo and Zvi Goffer — the former Galleon employee apparently referred to as “Octopussy” at the SEC, because “he had his arms in so many insider” trading schemes.


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