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-- August 17, 2004--Chicago-Kent College
of Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business and the Center
for 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/
U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes has launched his campaign.
His Web site, www.keyesforsenate.com,
encourages visitors to sign up for his online newsletter and contribute
to the campaign. Another Web site, www.renew.america.us,
is operated by "a grassroots organization that supports the
vision of Alan Keyes." How can potential supporters determine
whether a Web site is legitimate? How can candidates and their
campaigns ensure the integrity of their Web sites? Chicago-Kent
professor Richard Warner
is president of 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. Professor
Warner is available for interviews about SAFE and Internet campaigns.
Oprah Winfrey has been summoned for jury duty. The talk
show host was sworn in as one of a dozen jurors to hear the case
of a man accused of killing an acquaintance in 2002 following
a dispute over a counterfeit $50 bill. The trial is expected to
last three days. Professor Nancy
Marder, who teaches a course on juries, judges and trials
and has written extensively about the American jury system, is
available for interviews.
Pretrial hearings have begun in the Michael Jackson child
molestation case. In high profile cases, what are the constitutional
tensions between First Amendment freedom of the press guarantees
and a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury and
a fair trial? Chicago-Kent experts are available for interviews.
Hedge funds now account for 25 percent of trading volume on
the New York Stock Exchange. What are hedge funds and how
do they work? Professor Keith
Black of Stuart Graduate School of Business' Center for
Financial Markets is the author of a new book, Managing a Hedge
Fund. Professor Black can discuss why investors are attracted
to hedge funds in this market environment, strategies hedge funds
use to make money in up and down markets, and how the growth in
hedge fund investments affects the stock and bond markets.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in July of 2002 in
the aftermath of several high profile business scandals as a way
to restore investor confidence in publicly traded companies. Under
provisions of the law, CEOs and CFOs face civil and criminal penalties
and fines for filing inaccurate corporate statements. Although
chief information security officers are not directly accountable
for the accuracy of the information contained in filings required
by Sarbanes-Oxley, they are responsible for implementing policies,
practices, and systems necessary to ensure compliance with law.
Sharon O'Bryan, a former senior vice president, chief information
security officer and chief privacy officer at ABN AMRO, currently
is president of O'Bryan Advisory Services. She is available to
discuss the role of chief information security officers with regard
to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. O'Bryan is also available to discuss
Chicago-Kent's new CPE Certificate Program in Technology Law.
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