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-- January 19, 2004--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/
Same-sex marriages. One day after President
Bush suggested a constitutional amendment may be necessary
to codify heterosexual marriages, an Ohio senate committee
approved a bill that would ban homosexual marriages
in that state. The majority leader of the Georgia
state senate has proposed that stronger language be
written into that state's constitution to ban gay
unions. Adjunct professor Vincent Samar teaches
courses on sexual orientation and the law. He is available
to talk about President Bush's comments about same-sex
marriages in the State of the Union address and about
actions in other states.
Overtime rules. Senate Democrats extended debate
Tuesday on the administration's proposed changes in
workplace overtime regulations. Labor Secretary Elaine
Chao, who had hoped to have the new rules finalized
by the end of March, rejected a suggestion that the
regulations be postponed until September. The administration
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.
The Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots will
meet February 1 in Super Bowl XXXVIII. More money
is wagered on the Super Bowl than on any other sporting
event. Hundreds of Internet gambling sites offer bettors
a chance to bet on everything from the coin toss to
the final outcome of the game. Are these sites legal?
Are there state or federal laws to protect online
gamblers? Chicago-Kent Dean Harold
J. Krent is available to discuss civil and
criminal liability, privacy issues and jurisdictional
issues related to online gambling.
It's more than Tang and moon rocks. President
Bush last week announced plans to expand the space
program to include manned missions to Mars and to
the moon. Professor Eliezer
Geisler of Stuart Graduate School of Business
is a leading scholar in the evaluation of science
and technology and of technology transfer. He says
the benefits of America's space program to our daily
lives "came not from specific devices generated
by the space program, but from applications of the
knowledge and technologies" that have resulted
in advances in transportation, communications and
medicine. Professor Geisler is the author of The Metrics
of Science and Technology and Creating
Value With Science and Technology. He can explain
the role that scientists play in evaluating technology
programs and discuss his NASA-supported evaluation
of the agency's technology transfer program. (See
below.)
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has been cut
from McDonald's team of endorsers. The
fast-food company has opted not to retain Bryant's
services after his three-year agreement expired in
December. Bryant is charged with sexually assaulting
a 19-year-old Colorado woman. If convicted, he could
be sentenced to probation or between four years and
life in prison, and a fine of up to $750,000. Stuart
Graduate School of Business professor Joel
Goldhar is available to discuss branding issues.
Eldon L. Ham, Chicago-Kent adjunct professor
and sports attorney, can talk about the terms of endorsement
contracts and how they are negotiated.
Donald Trump is the star of TV's newest reality
show. "The Apprentice" gives sixteen
would-be entrepreneurs a shot at a year-long, $250,000
job with the real estate mogul – or at being
fired at the end of an episode. Stuart Graduate School
of Business professor George
Kalidonis is the Coleman Clinical Professor
of Management and academic director of the Entrepreneurship
MBA program. Professor Kalidonis is available for
interviews about "The Apprentice" and the
Entrepreneurship program.
Electronic tax filing. The Illinois Department
of Revenue is encouraging state taxpayers who have
previously filed their state income taxes via the
Internet or computerized tax programs to do so this
year as well. Approximately 800,000 residents filed
electronically last year and officials estimate the
state can save about $1 on each return. Meanwhile,
an IRS plan to track those who file federal returns
electronically has come under fire. The IRS says it
is monitoring those who use its free electronic filing
program to measure its effectiveness. However, opponents
cite privacy concerns. Experts are available to discuss
privacy issues.
Chicago-Kent's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is
seeking taxpayers who have disputes with the IRS.
Those who meet certain income criteria may qualify
for free assistance with their tax disputes, including
collection matters, audits, appeals and litigation
before the Internal Revenue Service, United States
Tax Court, and United States District Court. Students
work under the supervision of Professor Jonathan
Decatorsmith. The program Web site at www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/tax
has information about the program, and Professor Decatorsmith
is available for interviews.
American law students are invited to apply for Chicago-Kent's
summer abroad program in Mexico with Tec de Monterrey,
one of Mexico's leading private universities. The
program, which runs from June 14 through July 28,
2004, will give U.S. law students an opportunity to
study Mexican law and U.S./Mexican legal issues. May
10 is the deadline for applications, which are available
on the program's Web site at www.kentlaw.edu/glpi/mexico.
At the Downtown Campus:
January 24: Chicago-Kent College of Law Open House.
Prospective students will have an opportunity to attend
mini-classes taught by the law school's faculty and
to talk with students involved in extracurricular
activities. For more information, call (312) 906-5020.
January 28: "Measuring the Commercialization
of Technology from the National Laboratories: the
Case of NASA and the Transfer of Space Technology."
Professor Eliezer
Geisler, Director, IIT's Center for the Management
of Medical Technology, and Christopher Turitto,
a Stuart Graduate School of Business master's degree
candidate, will present their review of the process
and metrics used by NASA to evaluate its technology
transfer program. Geisler and Turitto will discuss
the relationship between NASA's national goals and
strategic objectives and its mission, and how this
relationship impacts the transfer of technology from
the agency and within NASA. The discussion will begin
at noon in Room 490.
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