For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, PLANNING, LEGAL, BUSINESS, CITY DESK AND FEATURES EDITORS
CHICAGO--September 8, 2009--Chicago-Kent College of Law and Stuart School of Business have experts available to discuss current issues. To reach experts on IIT's Downtown Campus, call Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251. Press releases and earlier advisories are available on our Web site: www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
"Hillary: The Movie." The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an unusual special session Tuesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The case, which focuses on whether the government can limit the use of corporate money in political campaigns, also has free speech implications. A conservative advocacy group called Citizens United produced a 90-minute documentary film called "Hillary: The Movie," funded with corporate contributions and funds from its treasury. The film was distributed during the 2008 presidential primary campaign season via the Internet, on DVD and in theaters. The FEC ruled Citizens United violated the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law. Stating that the film fell within the FEC's definition of "electioneering communications," the agency also denied Citizens United permission to distribute the film on a video-on-demand service or to air advertising for the film. A D.C. District Court ruled in favor of the FEC, and Citizens United appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices heard the case in March 2008 but scheduled it for a rehearing prior to the start of the 2009-10 session. Constitutional scholar and Distinguished Professor Sheldon H. Nahmod is available for interviews about the case.
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who replaced retired Justice David Souter, was sworn in as the 111th justice in a private ceremony at the U.S. Supreme Court on August 8. A formal investiture ceremony will be held in the Courtroom Tuesday afternoon. Chicago-Kent experts are available for interviews.
The U.S. Supreme Court will convene--by law--on the first Monday in October. The justices will hear oral arguments in the 2009-10 term beginning October 5. Constitutional scholar and Distinguished Professor Sheldon H. Nahmod is available to discuss the Roberts court, highlights of the Supreme Court's 2008-09 session, and key issues the justices will consider during the upcoming term.
The trial of James Degorski for the 1993 murders of seven people at a Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant in Palatine, Ill., continues. Criminal defense attorneys and professors Daniel T. Coyne and Richard S. Kling and former prosecutor Douglas Wm. Godfrey are available for interviews about the trial as it progresses.
At Chicago-Kent:
Meet "The Gov Docs Guy": Kevin McClure is the government documents librarian for the Downtown Campus Library. McClure is the author of "The Gov Docs Guy," an informative blog covering "newsworthy and noteworthy government documents at all levels of government from local to international." He hopes readers will find the research and information useful. Launched in 2007, recent entries have included information on where to find documents related to the treatment of CIA detainees, changes in Illinois' Freedom of Information law, the Afghan opium market, an analysis of the SEC's investigation of Bernard Madoff, and the impact of proposed changes in the health care bill to prescription drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.
Downtown Campus Events
September 17: 27th annual Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law Program. Carol Waller Pope, chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, will deliver the keynote address "The Evolution of Collaboration." Keynote panelists Carlos Osegueda, director of Employee and Labor Relations, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, and Mark D. Roth, general counsel of the American Federation of Government Employees, will address the topic "Where Do We Go From Here?" Chicago-Kent professor Martin H. Malin, director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace, will serve as conference moderator. John Palguta, vice president of the Partnership for Public Service, will deliver the luncheon address. Sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace, the program is the longest-running conference on federal sector and postal labor relations and labor law held outside of Washington, D.C. For more information, call (312) 906-5090. EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: The media is welcome to cover the keynote address, keynote panel and luncheon address. However, to maintain the quality of the educational experience for our registrants, there will be no media access to concurrent workshops and breakout sessions.
September 22: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School's Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, will discuss her book SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good (Crown Business 2009). Based on a three-year investigation and interviews with more than 350 key people at major companies around the world, SuperCorp provides evidence that the businesses that are agile and keeping ahead of the curve in terms of market changes and customer needs are the businesses that are also progressive, socially responsible human communities. The program, part of the Union League Club Authors' Group, is co-sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Alumni Association. It will be held at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard, in Chicago. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. with a reception and book signing. Lunch and Professor Kanter's remarks begin at noon. The $30 tickets include lunch. For more information or to RSVP, please visit www.alumni.kentlaw.edu/unionleague on the Web or call (312) 906-5240.
September 29: Chicago Tribune reporter Jeff Coen will discuss his book Family Secrets: The Case that Crippled the Chicago Mob (Chicago Academy Press 2009). Coen's book is based on his reporting of the 2007 "Operation Family Secrets" trial. Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo, James Marcello, Frank Calabrese Sr. and others were tried on a number of federal charges, including racketeering, conspiracy, murder and obstruction of justice. The defendants allegedly were part of "the Outfit," Chicago's organized crime family. The charges came as a result of an intensive FBI probe called "Operation Family Secrets," which investigated nearly 20 unsolved murders and other illegal activities, some of which went back more than three decades. The program, part of the Union League Club Authors' Group, is co-sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Alumni Association. It will be held at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard, in Chicago. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. with a reception and book signing. Lunch and Coen's remarks begin at noon. The $30 tickets include lunch. For more information or to RSVP, please visit www.alumni.kentlaw.edu/unionleague on the Web or call (312) 906-5240.
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