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Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO--June 27 , 2006--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.
A government researcher allegedly received thousands of dollars in consulting and speaking fees from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for patients’ tissue samples. Trey Sunderland, a chief researcher with the National Institute of Mental Health, earlier this month invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and refused to answer questions from a congressional subcommittee investigating allegations that he improperly received more than $600,000 from Pfizer, Inc. In Sequence, a new thriller by bioethicist and Chicago-Kent professor Lori B. Andrews, an official with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., tries to benefit financially from tissue samples. Professor Andrews will read from and sign her novel June 28 at the Harold Washington Library. (See below.) She is available for interviews about Sequence and the Trey Sunderland case.
The rights to Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flats, The Red Pony, and five other works by Nobel laureate John Steinbeck have been awarded to the author’s son and a granddaughter. A federal judge in New York canceled rights previously held by the heirs of Steinbeck’s widow – who died in 2003 – and Penguin Group USA. Steinbeck died in 1968. Professor Mickie Voges Piatt is available for interviews about the ruling and about the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which amends the copyright laws by extending the duration of copyright protection.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005-06 term is coming to a close. Constitutional scholar and distinguished professor Sheldon H. Nahmod is available for interviews about the first term of the Roberts Court. Professor Nahmod is also available to talk about highlights of the Supreme Court's 2005-06 session and key issues the justices will consider during the new term.
Senate debate on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration could begin this week. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) wants to bring the amendment to a vote before the full Senate sometime this month. The amendment would give Congress "the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." Last June, the House of Representatives approved its version of the amendment. Chicago-Kent experts are available to discuss the process of amending the U.S. Constitution and recent U.S. Supreme Court cases on flag burning.
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has ordered White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen to undergo sensitivity training for making derogatory remarks about Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham, the author of Larceny and Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy of Major League Baseball, is available for interviews.
Harvey Kahalas has been appointed dean of IIT’s Stuart Graduate School of Business. His appointment is effective July 1. For the past nine years, Kahalas has served as dean and professor at the School of Business Administration at Wayne State University in Detroit and as executive director of Wayne’s Institute for Organizational and Industrial Competitiveness. Dean Kahalas is available for interviews.
Hedge fund regulation. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) Monday called for hearings to determine how to protect hedge fund investors. Investments in hedge funds now total about $1.3 trillion, up more than 100 percent from 2003. Last week, a federal appeals court threw out a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requirement that hedge fund advisors with more than 14 clients and assets of more than $30 million register with the commission. Professor Keith C. Black of Stuart Graduate School of Business' Center for Financial Markets is the author of Managing a Hedge Fund: A Complete Guide to Trading, Business Strategies, Risk Management, and Regulations. Professor Black is available for interviews about how the court’s decision will change the regulatory environment for hedge fund managers. He can also discuss how the ruling may change the SEC’s power to regulate hedge funds.
Chicago-Kent's Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars program (PLUS) celebrates its fifth year. More than two dozen undergraduate students interested in careers in law are participating in a special four-week session at Chicago-Kent. The program, which is funded by support from the Law School Admission Council and the Illinois State Board of Higher Education, seeks to increase diversity and is geared toward students from underrepresented groups. The 2006 PLUS scholars are taking courses adapted from Chicago-Kent's curriculum. They are visiting courts and learning about the law school admissions process. Near the end of the program the students will participate in a mock trial. Students, faculty and administrators are available for interviews about the program, which ends June 30.
Cook County residents with domestic relations disputes, including legal separation, divorce, child support, child custody, visitation and guardianships, may qualify for representation through Chicago-Kent's Family Law Clinic. Clients will pay on a sliding scale fee basis, depending on their financial circumstances. Students will work under the supervision of Professor Ira C. Feldman. He is available for interviews about the program.
Downtown Campus Events
June 28: Author and Chicago-Kent professor Lori B. Andrews will read from and sign her novel, Sequence, at the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center at 400 S. State St. in Chicago. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Chicago Author’s Room on the seventh floor. For more information, call (312) 747-4050 or visit http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/calendar/cplcalendar.html#author.
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