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 23, 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/
Changes in the 1938 federal law governing overtime pay for
white-collar workers go into effect Monday. Employees who
earn less than $23,660 a year will be entitled to overtime pay,
and most white-collar workers who earn more than $100,000 are
not entitled to time-and-a-half for overtime worked. In April,
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed legislation that will exempt thousands
of Illinois workers from the changes. Professor Martin
H. Malin, director of Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law
and the Workplace, is available to discuss overtime rules.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin this week in the Kobe
Bryant case. The Los Angeles Laker star is accused of raping
a female employee of a Colorado resort where he was staying. Bryant
has pleaded innocent and says that sex with the woman was consensual.
If convicted, Bryant could receive from four years to life in
prison and a fine of up to $750,000. The case has been complicated
by the defendant's celebrity, several news leaks and a recent
civil suit filed by the victim. Chicago-Kent experts are available
for interviews about the case.
Oprah Winfrey's jury service received international attention.
According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times story, attorneys
for the prosecution and the defense had concerns about seating
Winfrey for the three-day murder trial. Neither side used a peremptory
challenge to excuse the talk-show host from the trial. Winfrey
was seated on a jury that convicted a man for the murder of an
acquaintance in 2002 following a dispute over a counterfeit $50
bill. 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.
Back to school. Chicago-Kent has experts available to
discuss a variety of legal issues related to elementary and secondary
education, including school disciplinary policies, the No Child
Left Behind Act, contract disputes and privacy issues.
How does the chief information security officer help a corporation
comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements? The law was enacted
two years ago, 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 the 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.
Chicago-Kent's Family Law Clinic. Cook County residents
with domestic relations disputes, including matters of legal separation,
divorce, child support, child custody, visitation and guardianships,
may qualify for representation through Chicago-Kent's Family Law
Clinic. Spanish- and Chinese-speaking attorneys are available.
Clients will pay on a sliding-scale fee basis, depending on their
financial circumstances. Students assigned to cases will work
under the supervision of Professor Ira
Feldman. He is available for interviews about the program.
Downtown Campus Events:
September 10: "Who Guards the Guardians?: Monitoring
and Enforcement of Charity Governance" is the topic of
a one-day symposium sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Law Review.
The program will be held from
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium. For
more information call, (312) 906-5190.
September 23: "25 Years under the Civil Service Reform
Act: The Good, the Bad and the Unfolding" is the theme
of Chicago-Kent College of Law's 22nd annual Federal Sector
Labor Relations and Labor Law Program. The morning portion
of the program features two keynote panel discussions by nationally
recognized leaders in the federal workplace. In the first panel,
John S. Carr, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers
Association, AFL-CIO; Steven R. Cohen, senior advisor for
Homeland Security, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Peter
Eide, general counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority;
and Professor Joseph E. Slater of the University of Toledo
College of Law will discuss the first 25 years of the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978. In the second panel, Ronald J. James,
chief human capital officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, and John Gage, National President of the American
Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, will examine "The
Future of Federal Sector Labor Relations." The plenary session
will be followed by concurrent workshops, providing participants
with the opportunity to discuss specific issues with experts in
the federal labor relations field. Neil Anthony Gordon McPhie,
acting chairman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, will
deliver the luncheon address. Sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace, the program is the longest running
conference on federal sector and postal labor relations and labor
law held outside of Washington, D.C. For more information, call
(312) 906-5090.
September 30: 16th annual Henry Morris Lecture in International
and Comparative Law. Mirjan R. Damaska, Sterling Professor
of Law at Yale University, will address the topic, "The
Uncertain Self-Identity of International Criminal Courts."
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information,
call (312) 906-5090.
October 25: The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will deliver the eighth
annual Charles Green Lecture in Law and Technology. Judge
Gajarsa will address the topic "The Role of En Banc Review
at the Federal Circuit." The lecture will be preceded by
the inaugural Federal Circuit roundtable. The roundtable will
become an annual event at which a panel of prominent Chicago-area
practitioners who are former Federal Circuit clerks will discuss
current developments in patent law. The two-hour roundtable will
begin at 1:30 p.m. Judge Gajarsa's lecture will begin at 4 p.m.
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information,
call (312) 906-5090.
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