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-- October 6, 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' National League Championship Series
against the Florida Marlins begins this week.
Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L.
Ham is available for interviews. Professors David
Rudstein and Ralph
Brill are die-hard Cubs fans who are available
for fan reaction.
Don't bet on it. When the baseball season started,
the Cubs were listed as 50-1 longshots to win the
World Series. Now, Las Vegas oddsmakers say the team
has a 4-to-1 or better chance to win it all. However,
online bettors looking to wager on the team may lose
more than money. "In Illinois and many other
states, such wagers are against the law. But online
gamblers can also leave themselves open to identity
fraud and credit card theft by unscrupulous sites,"
says Chicago-Kent dean Harold
J. Krent. He is available for interviews.
"The refuse collectors' strike shows the downside
to privatization," says Professor Martin
H. Malin, director of Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace. The strike, which began
October 1, affects certain commercial and residential
buildings in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Will, DuPage and
Kane counties. Professor Malin is available for interviews.
L.A. Laker superstar Kobe Bryant will appear in
Eagle County (Colorado) Court Thursday 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 fined
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.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2003-04 term has begun.
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.
The justices will hear oral arguments Wednesday
on 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.
More women are seeking MBA degrees to gain more
credibility in the workplace, according to a recent
survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council
(GMAC). Suzanne Weiss, an alumna and director
of Stuart Graduate School of Business' MBA program,
is available for interviews about the value of an
MBA degree.
Three high school football players from Long Island,
New York, may be charged as adults in a hazing
incident at a preseason training camp in Pennsylvania.
The students face a number of charges, including sodomizing
three younger teammates. Adjunct professor William
C. Kling, an attorney in private practice who
represents school districts, is the author of Coming
Together to Address Student Aggression and School
Safety. Professor Kling also helped draft the
so-called "Bully Bill," an Illinois law
that covers student disciplinary policies, and has
worked with school administrators to draft student
handbooks and student discipline codes. He is available
for interviews.
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.
An increasing number of political candidates are
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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