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 27, 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/
Scott Peterson will appear at a preliminary hearing
this week to determine whether there is sufficient
evidence for him to stand trial for the murder of
his wife and their unborn child. Laci Peterson was
eight months pregnant when she disappeared Christmas
Eve of 2002. Scott Peterson was arrested April 18
for the murders, less than a week after the remains
of Laci and their son Conner washed ashore near San
Francisco. Professors and criminal defense attorneys
Richard Kling
and David Thomas
are available for comment on the case.
Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange,
is facing a fierce challenge from the Chicago Board
of Trade (CBOT) and the Chicago Merchantile Exchange
(CME) as it seeks to begin trading in the United States.
Eurex, which is jointly owned by Deutsche Boerse and
Swiss Stock Exchange, has filed for an exchange license
with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to
offer futures and options on two-, five- and ten-year
U.S. Treasury notes and on 30-year Treasury bonds.
However, CBOT and CME have lobbied in Washington to
scrutinize Eurex's application on the grounds that
a foreign-based exchange will be difficult for US
authorities to regulate. Eurex contends that the fully
electronic exchange that will be called Eurex US will
be based in Chicago and managed and regulated in the
United States. Eurex is expected to begin trading
February 1, 2004. Professor David
Norman, director of market technology at IIT's
Center for Law and Financial Markets, is available
for interviews.
Baseball superstars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi
are among 40 professional athletes from several
sports who have been subpoenaed to testify before
a federal grand jury investigating activities of a
San Francisco-based laboratory that the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency has linked to the production and distribution
of the banned steroid THG. Sports attorney and adjunct
professor Eldon L. Ham says, "Baseball
pretends to defend the game's history and integrity
by holding every element accountable to stringent
standards: balls, bats, helmets, umpires -- yet closes
its eyes to the most glaring transgression of all:
juiced players." Professor Ham is available to
discuss the flaws in Major League Baseball's steroid
policy and sports scandals involving the use of performance-enhancing
substances.
Will the Federal Reserve Bank cut interest rates
again before the end of the year? The Fed voted
this week to leave interest rates at a 45-year low.
Professor Robert
Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business
is a former economist with the Federal Reserve Bank
of Chicago. He can discuss what the Fed can do to
help revitalize the economy.
Under new federal requirement, CEOs and CFOs face
civil and criminal penalties and fines for filing
inaccurate statements. 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.
Nine Chicago-Kent students are learning about issues
of concern to the Polish-American community this
semester in a special seminar. The students are working
with local attorney Christopher Kurczaba and Professor
Richard Warner,
director of Chicago-Kent's Project
Poland program, on lobbying efforts regarding
immigration reform, foreign aid to Poland and the
requirements for obtaining valid driver's licenses.
Professor Warner is available to discuss the course
and Project Poland.
LeBron James will start his rookie year with the
Cleveland Cavaliers and Scottie Pippin returns
to the Chicago Bulls lineup as the National Basketball
Association's 2003-04 season begins this week. Sports
attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham,
author of Play Masters: From
Sellouts to Lockouts: An Unauthorized History of the
NBA, is available for interviews.
Futures and Options Expo 03 will take place November
5-7 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The Expo, sponsored
by the Futures Industry Association, showcases products
and services for futures industry. There will also
be workshops focusing on industry issues, new technology
and business practices. Representatives from IIT's
Center for
Law and Financial Markets (CLFM) will be in Booth
720 at the Expo with information about degree and
certificate programs and distance learning courses.
To reach CLFM experts to discuss trends, new technology,
industry issues and continuing education, contact
the Downtown Campus Office of Public Affairs.
At the Downtown Campus:
November 1: Getting into Law School Seminar.
Chicago-Kent's Admissions Office is hosting a one-day
seminar aimed at demystifying the law school application
process. Speakers will discuss selecting a law school,
writing personal statements, and how law schools select
candidates for admission. Participants will be able
to explore the various career opportunities for attorneys,
both in general practice and in specialized areas.
For more information, call (312) 906-5020.
November 5: 2003 Chicago-Kent College of Law Annual
All Alumnae/i Awards Luncheon. The law school's
Alumnae/i Association will honor members of the legal
community. (EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: The names of Chicago-Kent
graduates are followed by the year their degrees were
earned.) Jed Stone '75 and Thu Tran
'96 will receive the new Abraham Lincoln Marovitz
Public Interest Law Award. Stuart Levine '71,
the Honorable Barbara Gilleran Johnson
'78, the Honorable Sybil Thomas '91,
the Honorable Thomas Fitzgerald, Chicago-Kent
professor Richard Kling and Nancy Roberts
Linder will receive professional achievement awards.
Distinguished Service awards will go to Herbert
Glieberman '53 and to Chicago-Kent professors
Ron Staudt and Lori Andrews. Dan
Kirschner '98 will receive the Young Alumnus Award.
The event will be held in the Red Lacquer Room of
the Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe in Chicago.
For more information, visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/alums.
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.
November 19: The NAFTA World of Work: A Progress
Report on Globalization, Trade and the North American
Workplace. What does the future hold for this
continent's regional employment markets, labor standards,
and transnational and national labor and employment
law regimes. Professor Harry Arthurs of York
University will deliver the keynote address, "The
Hollowing Out of Corporate Canada." Panels will
explore "Regulating Labor in the Global Economy:
NAFTA, Free Trade, and Employment Rights in North
America," and "The Ripple Effects of Free
Trade: NAFTA's Impact on the Domestic Labor Environment."
The program, which is free and open to the public,
is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent College of Law and
the Canadian Consulate of Chicago. It is also made
possible with the cooperation and support of Global
Chicago, the Chicago Bar Association and the American
Bar Association. Reservations are required. RSVP to
Nena Heard at (312) 906-5134 or nheard@kentlaw.edu.
November 19: Stuart Graduate School of Business'
Leadership Series. Professor Thomas P. M. Barnett
of the U.S. Naval War College will discuss his work
on the relationship between economic globalization
and domestic security. In addition to his work as
a senior strategic researcher in the Warfare Analysis
and Research Department of the Center for Naval Warfare
Studies at the U.S. Naval War College, Professor Barnett
is an assistant for strategic futures in the Office
of Force Transformation in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense where he is responsible for helping to
define the new post 9/11 international security environment.
For more information, call (312) 906-6509.
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