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--July 3 , 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.
July 4 marks the 230th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Chicago-Kent experts are available to discuss the Bill of Rights, separation of powers, flag desecration and other constitutional issues.
U.S. Supreme Court Wrap-up. 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.
Meryl Streep plays the boss from hell in "The Devil Wears Prada," a film adaptation of Lauren Weisberger’s 2004 best-selling novel. It is the story of a put-upon entry-level assistant to the overbearing editor-in-chief of an prestigious fashion magazine. Experts from Stuart Graduate School of Business and Chicago-Kent College of Law are available for interviews about employee harassment and other workplace issues.
Harvey Kahalas has been appointed dean of IIT’s Stuart Graduate School of Business. His appointment became 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.
Should hedge funds be regulated? A federal appeals court last month 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.
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