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 29, 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 Chicago Cubs are the National League's Central
Division champions. Sports attorney and adjunct
professor Eldon L. Ham is available for interviews.
Professors David
Rudstein and Ralph
Brill are die-hard Cub's fans who are available
for fan reaction.
L.A. Laker superstar Kobe Bryant will appear in
Eagle County (Colorado) Court October 9 for a
preliminary hearing to determine whether he will stand
trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old
Colorado woman on June 30. He is currently out on
$25,000 bond. If convicted, Bryant could be sentenced
to probation or between four years and life in prison,
and a fine of up to $750,000. Professor Katharine
K. Baker, author of What Rape Is and What
It Ought Not Be and a number of other legal articles
on sexual assault, is available for interviews.
What is the constitutional tension between First
Amendment freedom of the press guarantees and
a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial
jury and a fair trial? Professor and criminal defense
attorney Richard
S. Kling is available for interviews. Professor
Kling can also talk about possible defense strategies
and the impact of pretrial publicity on Bryant's.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2003-04 term begins October
7. Constitutional scholar Professor Sheldon
H. Nahmod is available to discuss highlights
of the High Court's last session and key issues the
justices will consider during the new term.
When the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes in the fall,
it will decide whether a company's refusal to rehire
a recovered addict violates the Americans with Disabilities
Act. Professor Henry
H. Perritt, Jr., author of Americans
with Disabilities Act Handbook, is available
for interviews.
The Justices will also determine 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.
Same-sex couples living in Cook County may register
for domestic partner certificates beginning October
1. According to Cook County Clerk David Orr, domestic
partners' registration is available to couples in
"a close and committed relationship of mutual
financial and emotional support." Both partners
must be unmarried, at least 18 years old and register
together. Adjunct professor Vincent Samar,
who teaches law and sexual orientation, is available
for interviews about Cook County's domestic partners
registry.
The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC)
will meet on October 28. Two weeks ago the FOMC
voted to keep its target for the interest rates at
1 percent, the lowest level in 45 years. What can
policymakers at the Fed do 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.
"Larceny and Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy
of Major League Baseball" is the topic of
a presentation by adjunct professor and sports attorney
Eldon L. Ham at "The First World Series:
A Centennial Celebration." The conference, which
will be held October 1 at Northeastern University
in Boston, is co-sponsored by the Baseball Hall of
Fame, the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates and
Foley Hoag.
An increasing number of political candidates is
using the Internet to reach potential voters and
donors. How can supporters 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.
At the Downtown Campus:
October 14: "Supporting and Protecting Human
Rights in the Internet Age" is the theme
of a half-day conference addressing the best way to
apply international human rights law to the newly
evolving world of the Internet. Panelists will discuss
the protection of individual human rights to communicate
freely and to have access to digital and other technologies.
They will also explore the use of Internet technology
to promote the protection of human rights and combat
racism, ethnic oppression and related human rights
violations. Participants include Paige Anderson
of the Center for Democracy and Technology, Ed
Carter of the Office of the Illinois Attorney
General, Joe Baker of Amnesty International,
Eric (Ricky) Goldstein of Human Rights Watch,
Dave Lundy of the Chicago
Sun-Times and Aileron Communications, Garth
Meintjes of the Center for Civil and Human Rights,
Chicago-Kent dean
Harold J. Krent, and professors Bartram
S. Brown and Ronald
W. Staudt. This conference event is free and
open to the public, but reservations are required.
Please RSVP to Nena Heard at (312) 906-5134 or nheard@lkentlaw.edu.
November 7: "Labor Relations During Times of
Fiscal Restraint" is the topic of the keynote
address by National Education Association president
Reg Weaver at Chicago-Kent's 19th annual
Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law
Program. The program is sponsored by Chicago-Kent's
Institute for Law and the Workplace.
November 10: The 15th annual Henry Morris Lecture
in International and Comparative Law. John Braithwaite,
professorial fellow of the Australian Research Council
and chair of the Australian National University's
RegNet, will address the topic, "Ratcheting
Up and Driving Down Global Business Standards."
The lecture series is funded by the Henry Morris Endowment,
established in memory of Henry Crittendon Morris,
who graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in
1889. Mr. Morris enjoyed a distinguished career as
an international lawyer and diplomat. The program
is free and open to the public. For more information,
call (312) 906-5090.
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