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–October 23, 2006–Chicago-Kent College of Law and Stuart School of Business have experts available to discuss current issues. To reach any of our experts, call Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Press releases and earlier advisories are available on our Web site: www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
November 7 is election day. Voters and supporters are visiting candidates' Web sites for news and information. Chicago-Kent professor Richard Warner is president of Standards Association for Elections Online (SAFE Online), a nonprofit organization that develops standards and practices for online campaign activity and endorses third-party monitors who certify campaign Web sites that abide by SAFE Online standards. Professor Warner is available for interviews about SAFE and campaign Web sites.
Illinois workers with repetitive-stress injuries may have more time to file workers' compensation claims. The Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of a Peoria worker who, in 1997, first experienced symptoms of what was diagnosed as carpal-tunnel syndrome three years later. When the employee filed a workers' compensation claim in 2001, her employer successfully argued that the three-year time period for filing a claim had expired. In a 4-2 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned decisions by the state Workers’ Compensation Commission and two lower courts, saying that the worker could not have been expected to know of her work-related injury within the time-frame allowed. Professor Martin H. Malin, director of Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace, says the ruling has important implications and points out the disparity between the law’s language – written during the time of a primarily industrial economy – and reality of today’s technologically-driven workplace. Professor Malin is available for interviews about the court decision.
“The international community has been consistently indifferent to corruption in Kosovo and reluctant to look into it because it has been afraid of where a serious investigation of wrongdoing might lead,” says Chicago-Kent professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., co-author of a new report on how an independent Kosovo could control public corruption. The report is particularly timely in light of ongoing negotiations related to Kosovar independence. Professor Perritt, who has been to Kosovo several times during the past eight years and has completed a forthcoming book on the Kosovo Liberation Army, worked with a team of Chicago-Kent students in a research and policy analysis project during the summer of 2006 to produce “Combating Corruption in Kosovo,” an 85-page report which may be downloaded at http://operationkosovo.kentlaw.edu. Professor Perritt and the students are available for interviews.
The color red. U2 lead singer and humanitarian Bono joined with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month to publicize the American launch of (Product) Red, an initiative to raise money for and awareness of the plight of women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Georgio Armani, Converse, Motorola, the Gap, American Express and the Gap have created (Product) Red items with a portion of the sales donated to The Global Fund, a public and private partnership dedicated to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. High-profile celebrities such as Oprah, Steven Spielberg, Penelope Cruz, Chris Rock and others have signed on to promote the (Product) Red brand. Professor Joel Goldhar of Stuart School of Business is available to discuss branding issues and corporate citizenship through the (Product) Red initiative and pink-ribbon campaigns to promote breast cancer awareness.
That’s the way the ball bounces. The NBA has replaced its regulation leather basketballs with new synthetic ones. Players have several complaints about the new balls, including that they become slippery when they are wet, NBA commissioner David Stern says the new balls will stay in play. The 2006-2007 National Basketball Association regular season begins October 31 with the game between the Chicago Bulls and the defending NBA champions, the Miami Heat. Adjunct professor and sports law expert Eldon L. Ham is the author of Play Masters: From Sellouts to Lockouts: An Unauthorized History of the NBA. Professor Ham is available for interviews.
Downtown Campus Events:
October 24: The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World. David Robin, a member of Illinois Ballot Integrity Project, will discuss a recent report on election reform issued by the Brennan Center at New York University Law School. He will also screen “Stealing America: Vote by Vote,” a new feature-length documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman. The film explores significant irregularities in the 2004 Presidential election while emphasizing that neither election fraud nor election reform are partisan issues. This program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in Room 210. It is sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Chapter of the American Constitution Society.
October 25: Stuart School of Business Leadership Lecture Series: Judith Glaser. Glaser, CEO of Benchmark Communications Inc., is an executive and organizational consultant with more than twenty years experience helping CEOs, senior executives, and their teams to develop “leadership awareness and capability for handling new challenges in a world of moving targets.” Glaser, a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, is the author of Discovering the Power of We. The program begins at 4:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. However, reservations are required. To RSVP, please contact http://www.stuart.iit.edu/rsvp/.
October 26: Copyright at WIPO – An Update. This is a half-day conference on Copyright and the World Intellectual Property Organization will focus on the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) role in emerging international issues in the area of copyright. Director Richard Owens and senior legal advisor Lucinda Longcroft of WIPO’s Copyright, E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division, will discuss ongoing negotiations regarding a Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, the role of exceptions and limitations to copyright in promoting access to content, and licensing and enforcement of copyright in the digital environment. This program is co-sponsored by the WIPO, Chicago-Kent’s Program in Intellectual Property Law, the Chicago Intellectual Property Alliance, and the Copyright Society of the USA, Midwest Chapter. Registration, which includes a box lunch is $25. For more information, call (312) 906-5128.
November 16: Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 29th Annual Alumni Awards Luncheon will begin at noon at the University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe Street. Journalist and author Bill Kurtis will be the special guest speaker as Chicago-Kent honors nine law school alumni for their professional service and achievement. Tickets are $50 per person, $40 per person for 2001-2005 Chicago-Kent graduates, and $20 to 2006 Chicago-Kent graduates. For tickets or more information, please visit www.kentlaw.edu/allalumlunch on the Web or call (312) 906-5245.
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