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-- May 5, 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/
Operation Bidder Beware was launched by the federal
government and 29 state attorneys general to fight
online auction fraud. According to the Federal Trade
Commission, approximately 51,000 complaints filed
relating to online auction fraud were filed. Almost
2,000 came from consumers in Illinois. Attorney general
Lisa Madigan last week filed three civil lawsuits
against four people who sold goods on eBay, but never
delivered the items won. Earlier this year, Chicago-Kent
honors scholars 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 online
auction fraud and about the project.
Federal Reserve Bank policymakers this week voted
to leave interest rates unchanged. Professor
Robert
Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business
is a former economist with the Federal Reserve Bank
of Chicago. He is available for interviews.
Electronic trading. A snafu last week in the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Globex system temporarily
affected online trading. Professor David Norman of IIT's Center for Law and Financial
Markets is author of Professional
Electronic Trading. Professor Norman is available
for interviews about electronic trading platforms
and about the one-year anniversary of the Center's
electronic trading laboratory.
Fan violence. Major League Baseball and state
politicians are examining ways to prevent violence
by fans. An Illinois Senate committee voted last week
to toughen penalties for spectators who go onto the
playing field or attack team personnel or officials.
The legislation comes in the wake of an attack in
April on an umpire during a White Sox game. Last year,
a Kansas City coach was attacked by a fan during a
Cubs game. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon
L. Ham is available to discuss other measures
that could be taken.
May is Older Americans' Month. Professor Howard
Eglit is an expert on law and aging and the
author of a three-volume treatise entitled Age
Discrimination. Professor Eglit is available
to discuss employment discrimination and other legal
issues that affect older Americans.
On the Downtown Campus:
May 17: Stuart Graduate School of Business’
2003 Commencement. Robert Growney, a partner
at Edgewater Funds and chairman of the Stuart Graduate
School of Business Board of Overseers, will deliver
the commencement address. Growney, who received both
his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
and his MBA from IIT, is former president and chief
operating officer of Motorola. Approximately 100 students
will receive graduate degrees in business. The program
will begin at 11a.m. at IIT’s Hermann Union Hall,
3241 South Federal 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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