For more information,
please contact:
Gwen Osborne,
director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT,
LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO-- April 14, 2003--Chicago-Kent
College of Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business
and the Center for Law and Financial Markets have
experts available to discuss current issues. To reach
any of our experts, call Gwen
Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312)
906-5251. Copies of press releases and earlier advisories
are available on our Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/
The war with Iraq continues. Chicago-Kent dean
Harold J. Krent
and professors Bartram
S. Brown, Henry
H. Perritt, Jr., and Michael
I. Spak are available to discuss constitutional,
human rights, military, and international law issues
related to the conflict with Iraq.
John Paxson will replace Jerry Krause as general
manager of the Chicago Bulls. Krause ran the NBA
franchise for 18 years until his resignation last
week for health concerns. Paxson was a member of three
of the Bulls' six championship teams and has also
served as an assistant coach and a broadcaster for
the team. Adjunct professor and sports attorney Eldon
L. Ham is available for interviews. Professor
Ham is author of The Playmasters:
From Sellouts to Lockouts, an Unauthorized History
of the NBA.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) will hold an emergency meeting in Vienna
April 24 to avert a possible price crash by reducing
crude oil production. Professor Howard Simons of IIT's Center for Law and Financial
Markets is available for interviews. Professor Simons
has more than 20 years' experience in financial and
energy markets. He began his career as an economist
with the Amoco Corporation, and then was the managing
consultant for energy with Data Resources, Inc. He
has designed econometric trading systems for crude
oil traders and provided fundamental analyses for
financial market traders.
The conflict in Iraq has provided an opportunity
for online auctioneers to sell war-related items.
Military packs, Iraqi money and T-shirts are among
the hottest selling items. However, the U.S. Mint
is warning consumers about coins being offered as
"commemoratives." The coins have not been
authorized by Congress and are not authentic. Each
year, Internet auction fraud costs American consumers
approximately $5 million. The most prevalent complaints
involve identity theft, misrepresented merchandise
or undelivered goods. Honors scholars of Chicago-Kent
College of Law have collaborated with the City of
Chicago Department of Consumer Services and AT&T
to create "You Don't Know Auctions!", an
interactive Internet game to educate the public about
online auctions and the dangers of auction fraud.
The Web address for the game is www.youdontknowauctions.com.
Dean Harold J.
Krent, who served as faculty supervisor for
the project, is available for interviews about auction
fraud and about the project.
Taxpayers who have disputes with the IRS may qualify
for assistance through Chicago-Kent's Low-Income
Taxpayer Clinic. Those who meet certain income criteria
may receive free assistance with their tax disputes,
including collection matters, audits, appeals and
litigation before the Internal Revenue Service, United
States Tax Court, and United States District Court.
Students work under the supervision of Professor Jonathan
Decatorsmith. He is available for media interviews
about the program, but is unable to answer media queries
for current tax filing stories.
American law students are invited to apply for Chicago-Kent's
new summer abroad program in Mexico City with
Tec de Monterrey, one of Mexico's leading private
universities. The program, which runs from June 16
through July 23, 2003, will give U.S. law students
an opportunity to study Mexican law and U.S./Mexican
legal issues. May 1 is the deadline for applications,
which are available on the program's Web site http://www.kentlaw.edu/glpi/mexico.
Professor Howard
Eglit is available for media interviews about
the program.
On the Downtown Campus:
May 1-2: 22nd annual Federal Tax Institute. Larry
R. Langdon, commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service's Large and Mid-Size Business Division, will
be the Tax Institute's luncheon speaker on May 1.
The two-day program will review recent developments
in case law and rulings in the federal income, estate,
gift and employee benefits tax areas; partnerships;
and international tax issues. One timely session will
explore "Executive Compensation in a Post-Enron,
Tyco, WorldCom, and Sarbanes-Oxley World." For
more information, call (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/fedtax/
on the Web.
May 18: IIT Commencement. U.S. Senator Dick
Durbin (D-Illinois) will deliver the commencement
address. Stuart Graduate School of Business students
will be among those who will receive their degrees
at Illinois Institute of Technology's commencement
ceremonies. The program will begin at 11 a.m. at the
Chicago Theater, 175 N. State Street in Chicago.
May 25: Chicago-Kent 2003 Commencement. Illinois
State Senator Barack Obama (D-Chicago) will deliver
the commencement address as approximately 350 Chicago-Kent
students receive their law degrees. The commencement
ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at McCormick Place
Lakeside Center, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
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