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--December 5, 2005--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/advisory.
Rumsfeld v. FAIR. On December 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Solomon Amendment. The lawsuit was brought by the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), a coalition of more than thirty law schools, including Chicago-Kent. Enacted in 1996, the Solomon Amendment is a federal law created to guarantee the military equal access to campuses and students. Colleges and universities that bar military recruiters from their campuses in violation of the law face penalties including the loss of federal funds. However, the coalition says hosting the recruiters on campus violates the schools’ anti-discrimination policies because the military excludes openly gay members. The coalition also says the Solomon Amendment imposes on their rights to free speech. Dean Harold J. Krent is available for interviews about the case.
'Tis the season to point and click. A recent survey by Forrester Research predicts that Americans will spend about $18 billion online during the holiday shopping season. That represents a 25 percent increase over last year’s sales. Experts are available to discuss a wide range of e-commerce issues, including Internet privacy, identity theft, site authentication and laws to protect online consumers.
This will be the last holiday season the Marshall Field’s chain will carry the name it has held for more than a century. Federated Department Stores Inc. acquired Field’s as part of the May stores in August and announced the stores will become Macy’s. Professor Joel Goldhar of Stuart Graduate School of Business is an expert on branding issues. He is available to discuss the impact of the name change on the local stores and their customers.
A recent Newsweek cover story brought attention to the fact that America’s baby boomers will begin turning 60 next year. Professor Howard C. Eglit is an expert on law and aging and the author of a new book, Elders on Trial: Age and Ageism in the American Legal System. He has served on the board of the Illinois chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and on the advisory committee for the Buehler Center on Aging, McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University. Professor Eglit is available for interviews about his book and legal issues aging baby boomers are facing.
The corruption trial of former Illinois Governor George Ryan continues. Ryan faces 22 charges of conspiracy, lying to the FBI, mail fraud, racketeering and tax fraud. Chicago-Kent professors Douglas W. Godfrey and Richard S. Kling are available for interviews. Professor Godfrey is a former prosecutor in the Kings County District Attorney's office; Professor Kling is a criminal defense attorney.
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