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-- September 8, 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/
Experts are available to assist with stories related
to the two-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.
They are able to comment on the impact of the attacks
on the U.S. economy, civil liberties, the military,
international relations, privacy, immigration policies
and financial markets. They can also discuss issues
related to the USA Patriot Act, workplace discrimination,
human rights, transportation security, electronic
surveillance, and student visas.
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean has
raised more than $5 million through his Web site,
www.deanforamerica.com,
and mobilized supporters through another site, www.meetup.com.
President Bush's re-election campaign last month unveiled
its updated Web site, www.georgewbush.com,
in an effort to increase grass-root support. How can
potential voters and donors determine whether a Web
site is legitimate? How can candidates and their campaigns
ensure the integrity of their Web sites and promote
ethical campaign practices? Chicago-Kent professor
Richard Warner
is available to discuss the Standards Association
for Elections Online (SAFE), a nonprofit organization
that develops standards and practices for online campaign
activity and endorses third-party monitors who certify
campaign Web sites as abiding by SAFE standards.
Students arriving Monday for the first day of classes
at Harvey Milk High School in New York
were greeted by protesters who object to "a special
school for gays." The school, which was established
in 1985 as an alternative program for gay, lesbian
and transgendered students, is expanding its student
population from 50 last year to a projected 170 by
the end of next year. Adjunct professor Vincent
Samar, who teaches law and sexual orientation
at Chicago-Kent, is available for interviews about
the controversy.
When the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes in the fall,
it will hear oral arguments on whether the U.S. Postal
Service can be sued under antitrust laws. In 2000,
Flamingo Industries filed an antitrust suit against
the postal service, alleging that it had created an
emergency mail-sack shortage that allowed it to award
no-bid contracts to foreign manufacturers without
allowing American companies like Flamingo a chance
to compete. Chicago-Kent dean Harold
J. Krent, who represents Flamingo in this
case, is available for interviews. His number is (312)
906-5010.
Corporate executives are under increased pressure
to verify their companies' financial statements.
Under federal requirements, CEOs and CFOs face civil
and criminal penalties and fines for filing inaccurate
statements or failing to meet filing deadlines. How
can executives verify the integrity of information
they receive and disseminate? Stuart Graduate School
of Business professor Paul
R. Prabhaker, who is working with organizations
on information integrity issues, is available for
interviews.
The U.S. Senate has voted 54 to 45 to block changes
in laws governing overtime pay proposed by the
Bush administration. The Department of Labor says
the proposals will update the 1938 law and will affect
only 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 in dispute. The government estimates that nearly
700,000 would be impacted by the changes while the
unions place that number closer to eight million.
Professor Martin
H. Malin is director of Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace.
September 20-27 is Banned Books Week. Books
by J. K. Rowling, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor, Robert Cormier, S.E. Hinton, Dav
Pilkey, Katherine Paterson, Mildred D. Taylor and
Jean Craighead George were the most "challenged"
books of 2002, according to the American Library Association
(ALA) Office of Intellectual Freedom. The ALA released
the list in conjunction with this year's observance
of Banned Books Week. A challenge is an attempt to
remove or restrict materials based upon the objections
of a person or group. A banning is the removal of
those materials. Experts from Chicago-Kent College
of Law are available to discuss censorship issues.
At the Downtown Campus:
September 18: "Homeland Security — A Peek
at the Future of Federal Labor Relations?"
is the theme of Chicago-Kent College of Law's 21st
annual Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law
Program. The morning portion of the program features
a comprehensive plenary panel discussion by nationally
recognized leaders in the federal workplace. The plenary
session will be followed by concurrent workshops,
providing participants with the opportunity to discuss
specific issues with experts in the federal labor
relations field. Sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace, the program is the longest
running conference on federal sector and postal labor
relations and labor law held outside of Washington,
D.C. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
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