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-- April 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/
The U.S. "War on Terror" is the focus
of three cases before the Supreme Court this month.
On Tuesday, the justices will hear oral arguments
in a case that will determine whether the nearly 600
foreigners held at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba following
the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States
have a right to challenge their detention and treatment
in American courts. Next week the High Court will
hear two cases that challenge the president's power
to label American citizens as "enemy combatants"
and hold them in open-ended military custody, without
charges or trial. Constitutional scholars are available
to discuss these cases.
James R. Cantalupo, chairman and CEO of McDonald's
Corp., died Monday of an apparent heart attack
while attending a global meeting of franchisees in
Orlando. He was 60. During his brief tenure, Cantalupo
was credited with reviving the corporation. McDonald's
shares, which had gained by 49 percent since he was
named to head the fast-food restaurant chain in January
2003, fell 49 cents in early morning trading following
news of his death. Charlie Bell, currently McDonald's
president and chief operating officer, will retain
his title as president and was named CEO. Andrew J.
McKenna was named chairman. Experts from Stuart Graduate
School of Business are available to discuss the impact
of the death of a CEO of a corporation.
For the next year, Bill Rancic will serve as CEO
of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.
Last week he beat 15 other contestants on "The
Apprentice" to win a $250,000 job with real estate
mogul Donald Trump. Already a successful entrepreneur,
Rancic created Cigars Around the World eight years
ago and sold the online business last year to a Synergy
Brands subsidiary. Millions of viewers tuned in to
"The Apprentice" each week. The popular
reality show is good TV, but is it good business?
Stuart Graduate School of Business professor George
Kalidonis is the Coleman Clinical Professor
of Management and academic director of the Entrepreneurship
MBA program. He is available for interviews about
"The Apprentice" and Stuart's Entrepreneurship
program.
Brown v. Board of Education. May 17 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. (See information about Chicago-Kent's observance
of the anniversary below.)
Illinois officials have introduced legislation that
would expand the state's Human Rights Act to include
reservists and national guard members from discrimination.
The Human Rights Act currently bars discrimination
on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender and "military
status." However, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn
and State Senator Barack Obama say that the law could
be read to apply only to military personnel on active
duty. Under provisions of House Bill 4371, or the
"Citizen-Soldiers Initiative," reservists
and guard members would be protected. Professor Michael
I. Spak, a colonel in the U.S. Army reserves,
is a co-author of Servicemember's
Legal Guide: Everything You and Your Family Need to
Know About the Law. He can discuss legal matters
of concern to members of the armed services.
Nine Federal Reserve officials, including chairman
Alan Greenspan, this week will discuss monetary
policy. Analysts are speculating that the Fed policymakers
are willing to wait before increasing interest rates.
Stuart Graduate School of Business professor Robert
Laurent is a former economist with the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is available for interviews.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and IIT's
Center for Financial Markets are offering two
certificate programs in market technology to the general
public. "Electronic Trading" and "Discovering
New Markets" are 72-hour programs taught by instructors
from the CME and the Center for Financial Markets
at the Mercantile Exchange's new GLOBEX Learning Center
in Chicago. GLOBEX, the world's first training facility
dedicated solely to electronic trading, is designed
to help current open-outcry traders make the transition
to electronic trading through a comprehensive program
that includes simulated trading stations, education,
training and support. Professor David
Norman, director of market technology at the
Center for Financial Markets, is available for interviews
about the courses.
At the Downtown Campus:
April 20: 26th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture.
Professor Catherine L. Fisk of the University of Southern
California Law School will address the topic, "Knowledge
Workers in the New Economy: From Cliché to
Contract." Presenters include: Greg W. Castle,
president, Castle and Associates and Julia A. Clark,
general counsel, International Federation of Professional
and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO & CLC. The program
is free and open to the public. For more information,
call (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/piper/
on the Web.
April 22: Chicago-Kent's Earth Day Celebration.
Howard Lerner of the Environmental Law and
Policy Center will address the topic "Environmental
Issues in an Election Year" at 3 p.m. in
Room C-50. Chicago-Kent will also unveil its new recycling
program between 4 and 7 p.m. at Student Bar Association
activities. There will be prizes and a visit by Recycling
Rambo Rabbit. For more information, call (312) 952-5280.
April 26: "How Big is Beautiful? The European
Union at 25+: Will it Work?" is the topic
of presentation by Austrian Consul General and constitutional
scholar Elisabeth Kehrer. She will discuss
the expansion of the European Union to 25-member states
scheduled for May 1, 2004. For more information, please
call (312) 906-5134.
April 27: "A Landmark Supreme Court Case?:
The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education"
is the focus of a roundtable discussion on the 1954
U.S. Supreme Court case that outlawed racial segregation
in public schools. Participants include Professor
Michael Klarman of the University of Virginia
Law School and author of From
Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The
Supreme Court & the Struggle for Racial Equality,
and Professor Gerald Rosenberg of the University
of Chicago and author of The
Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?
The program, which is free and open to the public,
will begin at noon in the Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie
Auditorium.
April 29-30: 23rd annual Federal Tax Institute.
IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson will be the Tax Institute's
luncheon speaker on April 29. The two-day program
will review recent developments in case law and rulings
in the federal income, estate and gift tax areas;
mergers and acquisitions; partnerships; and executive
compensation issues. For more information, call (312)
906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/fedtax/
on the Web.
May 23: Chicago-Kent College of Law Commencement.
The Honorable Diane P. Wood, judge of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and senior
lecturer at the University of Chicago, will deliver
the commencement address. Commencement will be held
in the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place Lakeside
Center, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, in Chicago. Approximately
275 students are expected to receive Juris Doctor
degrees and 50 Master of Laws degrees will be conferred.
June 19: Stuart Graduate School of Business Commencement.
Alvin Gorman, chairman of Power Contracting and Engineering,
will deliver the keynote address. Gorman is a member
of the Stuart School board of overseers and a member
of the Illinois Institute of Technology's board of
trustees. Commencement exercises will be held on the
IIT Main Campus in the Hermann Union Building (HUB),
3241 S. Federal Street in Chicago.
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