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  1. Bloomberg Law

    Commute Accommodations for Disabilities Spur Federal Court Rift, Says Nicole Buonocore Porter

    How courts define commute-related accommodation requests often dictates the results, said Nicole Buonocore Porter, a disability law scholar who directs the Martin H. Malin Institute for Law & the Workplace at Chicago-Kent College of Law. When courts view the commute as outside the workplace, they tend to hold that employers don’t have a duty to grant commute-related accommodations, Porter said. Courts tend to have that “knee-jerk reaction” in part because federal wage and hour law doesn’t require pay for the time getting to and from the job, she said.

  2. Ipse Dixit

    Chicago-Kent College of Law Assistant Professor Jordana Goodman on Attribution Norms

    “I look at who was hired at a law firm and who is actively practicing in that law firm as my baseline, and then I look to the gender gap of who is signing office actions and patent applications — that is, who is getting credit,” Assistant Professor Jordana Goodman said about her research, which has been published in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. “That is the gap that I am talking about, the gap between people who are present and people who are credited.”

  3. NBC5 Chicago

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent Calls Fourth Indictment of Former President “Mind Blowing”

    “President Trump faces four trials, possibly within five months. How can he focus on campaigning during that time?” said Harold Krent, professor of law at Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law. “Maybe it doesn’t matter, but we will still have to see.”

  4. WealthManagement.com

    Legal Battle Between FINRA and Frequent Foe Could Be a 'Headshot' For the Regulator, Says James Tierney

    “Ten years ago, these arguments (that threaten the regulatory authority of FINRA) were frivolous,” said James Tierney, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and a former in-house attorney for the SEC. “But the Supreme Court has made enough room for (them) to take hold.”

  5. Daily Beast

    Trump’s Longshot Plan for a West Virginia Trial Isn’t Exactly Hopeless, Says Henry H. Perritt Jr.

    “It’s a long shot, but it’s not frivolous,” said Henry H. Perritt Jr., the former dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he is now professor emeritus. “The notion that the original venue is not suitable is not a shocking idea. It’s provided for in federal rules. If the defendant can show that the prejudice is so great in the original venue that the defendant cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial, then the judge must transfer it to another venue.”

  6. Science

    Lori Andrews: Lacks Family’s Settlement Could Help Some Patients Whose Tissues Were Commercialized Win Redress

    “In Henrietta Lacks’s case, there were lots of benefits to the company which markets many versions of the cells—and no consent from her for their use,” said lawyer Lori Andrews of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. “But the Lacks family didn’t give money or other resources to researchers. ... The question remains whether giving tissue alone would be enough to win an unjust enrichment claim in court. That’s important because the key issue going forward in my mind is: When patients or their families bring such cases, what level of involvement is needed to be considered a benefit?”

  7. Vox

    Employment Law Professor Nicole Porter Helps Explain the Allegations Against Lizzo

    “I think all of the causes of action have some merit and some chance of succeeding. In my opinion, the strongest cause of action is the sexual harassment charge. I think it’s likely that a reasonable person would think that behavior created a hostile work environment,” Chicago-Kent employment law professor Nicole Porter told Vox. Porter noted that one possible defense could center on how much disclosure the plaintiffs had about the experiences they should expect to encounter in this role.

  8. The Telegraph

    Professor Emerita Lori Andrews: How My Barbie Dolls Led Me to Become a Lawyer

    In 1961, Mattel released the first Ken doll. For one year only, the debut Ken had flocked felt hair. And, woe is me, my Ken doll started going bald. At age 10, I wrote a complaint letter to Mattel — and got action. They sent me a new Ken head with blond plastic hair. By popping the heads on and off, my Barbie could have two boyfriends — a wise, balding older guy or a somewhat clueless but hunky surfer dude. That experience could have inspired me to be a bigamist. Instead, my successful complaint letter led me to consumer advocacy.

  9. NPR

    Chicago-Kent Professor Nancy Kim Discusses How Hidden Contracts on the Internet Came to Be

    "What Zeidenberg represents is a big break in contract doctrine," said contract professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. "It opened the door to the idea that, hey, there are other ways that we can enter into a contract."

  10. NBC News

    Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro Disagrees With Decision on Web Designer's Refusal to Serve Same-Sex Couples, but Thinks She Has Standing

    "Though I think the (Supreme Court) opinion is misguided in many ways, I do think she has standing," said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. She noted that Smith had sought what's known as a pre-enforcement challenge, in which she argued that her right to free speech was being chilled by a Colorado state law. "She’s saying I want to do something that's definitely against the law in Colorado. I think that’s probably enough for a pre-enforcement challenge," Shapiro said.