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Supreme Court 'Soundly Rejected' Independent State Legislature Theory, Says Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

Bloomberg Law

The court “soundly rejected the entirely lawless notion that state legislatures don’t have to follow their own state constitutional restrictions when they regulate federal elections,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law who has written about the independent state legislature theory. “They have staved off an enormous amount of potential chaos that would have ensued if they had gone the other way.”

Mogul Byron Allen Could Lose Lawsuit, but McDonald's Has Much at Stake, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent

Forbes

“You can file a lawsuit to win. You can file a lawsuit for publicity. You can file a lawsuit to inflict harm on another party,” Harold Krent, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, told Forbes. “But also you can file a lawsuit in hope of incremental social change. And so I think this underlying lawsuit really is both about getting more money to Byron Allen’s companies but also trying to pave the way for some kind of beneficial social change.”

Industry Connections, Soft Skills Key to Producing Employable Students, Say Panelists at Conference Hosted by Illinois Tech

Times Higher Education

Working with industry partners can bridge the gap between simply acquiring tool-specific knowledge and applying it at work. Raj Echambadi, president of Illinois Institute of Technology, described how the institution has integrated industry credentials into its existing academic framework, listening to employers about future demand. “This has huge implications in terms of students’ employment, but more importantly it gives them confidence, which they need to succeed in a corporate environment,” he explained.

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Comments on Court-Appointed Lawyer Asking to Withdraw from Freund Case

Daily Herald

A Finley motion is filed when an appellate lawyer wants to withdraw from a case because there is belief that it is frivolous or "there are no meritorious issues to raise on appeal," said Richard Kling, a defense attorney and clinical professor of law at Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Silicon Valley Is Hoping for an AI Boom, but Skeptics Have Reason to Worry, Says Tech Historian Mar Hicks

Bloomberg

“If there’s a boom, there’s definitely going to be a bust,” says Mar Hicks, an associate professor of technology history at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro Tries to Decode Supreme Court's Silence in Independent State Legislature Theory Case

Talking Points Memo

“I think one of two things is happening: (1) they’re going ahead and deciding it on the merits or (2) there is at least one justice who thinks they should be deciding it on the merits and so is writing a dissent to the dismissal,” says Carolyn Shapiro, law professor and founder of Chicago-Kent’s Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Dynamic Nature of Cryptocurrency Complicates SEC's Mission, Says Chicago-Kent Professor Nelson Rosario

IEEE Spectrum

“You can have tokens that look like securities and commodities and money and property all at once,” says Nelson Rosario, a technology lawyer and adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “There aren’t a lot of assets out there that are as dynamic as these things.”

Stuart School of Business Graduate Named CEO of Leadership Greater Chicago

Crain's Chicago Business

Myetie Hamilton, who has a master’s degree in public administration from Illinois Institute of Technology, will become the next CEO of Leadership Greater Chicago, a nonprofit that helps develop the city’s next business and civic leaders, the organization announced. Hamilton, 48, a Chicago native who grew up in the South Shore community, will be the first Black woman to lead the organization.

Professor Carly Kocurek: In Fake Space, We Can Find a Real Reminder to Play

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Disney’s Galactic Starcruiser is in many respects somewhere between a game and a playground, writes Carly Kocurek, associate dean of the Lewis College of Science and Letters and professor of digital humanities and media studies. It has a narrative arc, like many a good game, and allows the “players” a great deal of freedom to explore and enjoy this world-within-the-world on their own. Rich play like this incorporates all six of the major components of play identified by Scott Eberle: pleasure, anticipation, surprise, understanding, strength and poise. In other words, it runs the gamut of the human experience, and allows us to explore and enhance our own capabilities.

Can Apple Vision Pro Buck the Trend of Augmented Reality Flops? Illinois Tech Professor Mar Hicks Weighs In

BBC

“Much AR technology struggles to connect with ordinary people or only connects for a fleeting moment, as a fad or a game,” says Mar Hicks, a historian of technology and professor at Illinois Institute of Technology.. “Given the price point of Apple's offering, that's unlikely to change.”