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-- August 4, 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/
L.A. Laker superstar Kobe Bryant will appear in
Eagle County (Colorado) Court August 6. It will
be his first court appearance since his July 4 arrest
on charges that he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old
Colorado woman. Eagle County Court Judge Fred Gannett
will allow one pool television camera and one still
photographer to record the proceedings. Judge Gannett
has approved a live audio feed of the hearing and
has not limited what visual media may film. Professor
and criminal defense attorney Richard
S. Kling can discuss the case and the constitutional
tension between First Amendment freedom of the press
guarantees and the defendant's Sixth Amendment right
to an impartial jury and a fair trial.
Overtime rules. Supporters and opponents of
the Bush administration's proposed changes in laws
governing overtime pay last week testified before
a Senate panel. The Department of Labor says the proposals
will update the 1938 law and will only affect white-collar
office workers. However, unions oppose the plan because
it will substantially reduce the number of employees
eligible to receive overtime pay. The actual number
of employees who would be affected is also in dispute.
The government estimates that nearly 700,000 would
be impacted by the changes while the unions place
that number closer to 8 million. Professor Martin
H. Malin is director of Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace. His number is (312)
906-5056.
President Bush has taken responsibility for inaccurately
stating that Saddam Hussein had attempted to obtain
uranium from Niger to produce weapons of mass destruction.
The information, which was included in the President's
State of the Union address, came from British intelligence
sources. The president's predicament mirrors the dilemma
faced by corporate executives throughout the world:
How can the integrity of information received and
disseminated be assured? Stuart Graduate School of
Business professor Paul
R. Prabhaker, who is working with organizations
on information integrity issues, is available for
interviews.
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will
meet on August 12. What will policymakers at the
Fed do next to stimulate the economy? IIT's Stuart
Graduate School of Business professor Robert
Laurent is a former economist with the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is available for interviews.
AARP will mark its 45th anniversary in Chicago next
month. "Life@50+: A Celebration of You"
is the theme of the organization's 2003 membership
event in Chicago next month. Founded in 1958, "AARP
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing
the needs and interests of persons 50 and older."
AARP has more than 30 million members. An estimated
25 percent of the U.S. population is age 50 or above.
Professor Howard
Eglit is an expert on law and aging. He can
discuss legal issues faced by Americans over 50.
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