Media Archives

Oct. 30

• Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Jones v. Harris, a case that addresses investors' ability to challenge mutual fund fees
• The legacy of the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox Scandal"
• Should the FDA demand a higher accuracy rate for home blood-glucose monitors?

Oct. 5

• The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes for its 2009-10 term this week
• Chicago-Kent experts are available for comment about cases before the U.S. Supreme Court
  
• There are two Illinois cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket:
• McDonald v. City of Chicago is an attempt to overturn the city's handgun ban
• In Lewis v. City of Chicago, the justices will examine the Seventh Circuit's interpretation of EEOC filing requirements
• In American Needle v. National Football League, the court will consider whether professional sports leagues are exempt from antitrust regulations
• In Jones v. Harris Associates, the court will address the ability of investors to challenge mutual fund fees as excessive under the federal Investment Company Act
• Talk show host David Letterman's recent admission that he had affairs with his female staffers fuels debate about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace
• President Barack Obama appoints Chicago-Kent Professor Martin Malin to the Federal Service Impasses Panel