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-- February 23, 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/
President Bush has announced he will support a constitutional
ban on same-sex marriages. The president Tuesday
asked Congress "to promptly pass and send to
the states for ratification an amendment to our Constitution
defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man
and woman, as husband and wife." Constitutional
scholars are available to discuss the amendment process.
What is the federal defense of marriage law?
In 1996, President Clinton signed a federal Defense
of Marriage Act that declared marriage as the union
of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse
to recognize gay unions sanctioned in other states.
Chicago-Kent adjunct professor Vincent Samar,
who teaches courses on sexual orientation and the
law, is available for interviews about the federal
Defense of Marriage Act.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects
older workers from preferential treatment given to
younger workers, but the law does not apply in reverse.
In a 6-3, ruling the U.S. Supreme Court said the 1967
anti-discrimination law does not cover workers over
40 when employers give better benefits to older colleagues.
Chicago-Kent professor Howard
C. Eglit is an expert on law and aging and
employment discrimination. Professor Eglit is author
of numerous journal articles and a three-volume treatise
entitled Age Discrimination.
He is available for interviews.
eBay was established in 1995 as "The World's
Online Marketplace." According to company
estimates, there are over 430,000 sellers on eBay.com
selling full-time or using eBay as an additional channel
for their existing businesses. Business buying on
eBay doubled last year. Joel
Goldhar, professor of technology management
at Stuart Graduate School of Business, can discuss
e-Bay.
Brown v. Board of Education. This year
marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme
Court case that ultimately outlawed public school
segregation. Experts are available to discuss the
legal impact of the Brown v. Board of Education
decision.
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 Stuart's
Entrepreneurship program.
At the Downtown Campus:
February 26: Reparations Forum. In January of
1989, Congressman John Conyers (D-Michigan) first
introduced the bill H.R. 40, Commission to Study Reparation
Proposals for African Americans Act. "Over 4
million Africans and their descendants were enslaved
in the United States and its colonies from 1619 to
1865, and as a result, the United States was able
to begin its grand place as the most prosperous country
in the free world. It is un-controverted that African
slaves were not compensated for their labor. More
unclear however, is what the effects and remnants
of this relationship have had on African-Americans
and our nation from the time of emancipation through
today," said Conyers.
Since then, lawsuits have been filed attempting to
extract payment for the descendants of slaves from
companies known to have profited from slavery. Last
month, a federal judge in Chicago threw out a reparations
lawsuit but left the door open for an amended suit
to be filed. This program, which begins at 4 p.m.,
is sponsored the Chicago-Kent's Black Law Student
Association.
March 4: "Practical Gains and Profits Through
Sustainable Practices" is the theme of a
one-day conference sponsored by the Stuart Graduate
School of Business in association with the Chicagoland
Chamber of Commerce. The conference is designed to
introduce to the Midwest economic community the concept
of sustainability and its benefits in terms of environmental
integrity, economic viability and social equity, and
to sensitize business people to sustainable business
practices. The program begins at 8 a.m. and will be
held in the Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium on
IIT's Downtown Campus, 565 West Adams. For more information,
the agenda, and registration, visit: http://www.stuart.iit.edu/graduateprograms/ms/environmentalmanagement
or contact Professor George
Nassos at (312) 906.6543 or george.nassos@iit.edu.
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