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 24 , 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.
Chicago’s controversial "big-box" ordinance will come up for a vote before the city council Wednesday. Under the proposed ordinance, retailers with gross regional sales of $1 billion or more, and at least 90,000 square feet of retail space would be required to establish minimum wage and benefit levels for its employees. Opponents of the measure claim the ordinance would force jobs, goods, services and tax revenue out of the city. Supporters say the law would give employees a "living wage" and make sure poor families have health care coverage. While proposed Wal-Mart stores have been the focus of rallies by both sides of the controversy, the ordinance would also affect retailers like Home Depot, Target, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale’s. Stuart Graduate School of Business Dean Harvey Kahalas is available for interviews. Prior to joining IIT this year, Dean Kahalas served as dean, professor, and executive director of the Institute for Organizational and Industrial Competitiveness at the School of Business Administration at Wayne State University in Detroit. Professor Martin H. Malin is also available for interviews. Professor Malin is director of Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace and the author of Individual Rights Within the Union.
Kosovar and Serbian leaders today begin the first face-to-face meetings on the future status of Kosovo. Since 1999, Kosovo has been run by the United Nations and patrolled by international peacekeepers. Chicago-Kent professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., is available for interviews. In 1998, Professor Perritt established Operation Kosovo, an initiative designed to help build a model democracy, rule of law and a market economy in the country. In April of 2004, he convened a symposium of international scholars and policymakers at Chicago-Kent to discuss final status negotiations mandated by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, which authorized U.N. intervention in Kosovo.
Electronic prescriptions. Governor Rod Blagojevich last week unveiled a healthcare initiative that creates a Division of Patient Safety within the Illinois Department of Public Health. Included in the comprehensive plan is a call for electronic prescriptions, which the governor says would reduce medication-related errors caused by illegible orders. The plan would require all health care providers to use electronic prescriptions. The governor also advocates computer software equipped with patient databases that would flag dangerous drug interactions and allergic reactions for pharmacists. Stuart Graduate School of Business professor Eliezer Geisler is available for interviews about the governor’s initiative. He can also discuss the school’s 5th annual Hospital of the Future conference, which will examine the role of technology in the health care delivery system. (See below.)
Sequence is a new thriller by Chicago-Kent professor Lori B. Andrews. It is the first work of fiction by Professor Andrews, who has written several books and dozens of articles for legal and trade publications on law and biotechnology. In 1996, she published Black Power, White Blood: The Life and Times of Johnny Spain, a biography of the former Black Panther and "San Quentin Six" member. Sequence is the story of Alexandra Blake, a geneticist with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., who is working against time to identify a serial killer. Professor Andrews is available for interviews about Sequence and the intersection of fiction, law, science and technology.
San Francisco Giants’ outfielder Barry Bonds has hit more than 720 home runs in his career and is closing in on baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron’s home-run record. However, his baseball achievements have been overshadowed by an on-going investigation of his off-the-field activities. A federal grand jury last week expired without bringing possible perjury and tax-evasion indictments against him. Prosecutors left open the possibility of bringing charges at a later date. In addition, Major League Baseball is conducting its own inquiries. Sports attorney and Chicago-Kent adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham is available for interviews.
Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic is seeking those who need legal assistance with immigration, asylum and nationality matters. The clinic is supervised by Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, whose practice includes advising corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including professionals; aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts and business; individuals seeking immigration benefits for family members; and individuals threatened with removal from the United States by the government. Professor Bernstein is available for interviews about the Immigration Law Clinic. He is also available to speak with organizations about immigration issues.
Chicago-Kent's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is seeking taxpayers who have disputes with the IRS. Those who meet certain income criteria may qualify for free assistance with their tax disputes. Students work under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Decatorsmith. More information about the program is available on the Web site. Professor Decatorsmith is available for interviews about the program.
Downtown Campus Events
August 17-18: "Technology in Health Care in the 21st Century: Trends, Advances, Management & Challenges—What We Know and What We Need to Study" is the theme of the 5th annual Hospital of the Future conference hosted by Stuart Graduate School of Business’ Center for the Management of Medical Technology and co-sponsored by the Association for Health Care Technology and Management. For more information, please contact conference co-chairs professors Eliezer Geisler, (312) 906-6532, or Nilmini Wickramasinghe, (312) 906-6578, or visit the conference Web site: http://hof.stuart.iit.edu/.
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