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Scholar: Federal privacy law needed for sensitive consumer data when companies go bankrupt
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Recreational genetic testing companies hold some of the largest repositories of consumer DNA in the world, but what happens to all that personal information when the company goes belly up? It would most likely be sold to a successor company that customers might not want to entrust with their genetic data, says […]
What effect will tariffs have on consumers, farmers?
Champaign, Ill. — Jonathan W. Coppess is the the Leonard and Lila Gardner Illinois Farm Bureau Family of Companies Endowed Associate Professor in Agricultural Policy at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Coppess is the author of “Between Soil and Society: Legislative History and Political Development of […]
How will (now 10%) tariffs, cuts to USAID, affect Lesotho?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Before President Donald Trump abruptly changed course on tariffs, the 12th smallest African nation, Lesotho, was near the top of the list of countries whose products would be taxed at the U.S. border. Charles Fogelman, a professor in the Global Studies Program and in the Center for African Studies at the University […]
Why were Venezuelan immigrants sent to El Salvador?
On March 15, more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants were accused of engagement in gang activity and deported from the U.S. — not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador, some 1,600 miles away from their home country. Ellen Moodie, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the author of “El Salvador in the […]
What effect will a weakened consumer watchdog agency have on borrowers, bankruptcies?
Champaign, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign law professor Robert M. Lawless is a leading consumer credit and bankruptcy expert. Lawless, the Max L. Rowe Professor of Law and co-director of the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science, spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the Trump administration’s abrupt […]
New law could mean bump in Social Security benefits for some public pensioners, expert says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new law affecting Social Security benefits for workers with a public pension means some retirees will receive a modest increase in their monthly checks, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert on U.S. tax policy and retirement issues. The bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act got rid of the Windfall Elimination Provision and […]
Will presidential transition affect potential East Coast dockworkers strike?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Will another East Coast dockworkers strike further snarl supply chains during the upcoming presidential transition? Michael LeRoy is the Labor and Employment Relations Alumni Professor and an expert who studies labor issues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the implications of the potential strike. East Coast dockworkers […]
Can birthright citizenship be repealed?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration reforms call for an end to birthright citizenship. But can a president unilaterally eliminate a long-standing constitutional right via executive order? Michael LeRoy is the Labor and Employment Relations Alumni Professor and an expert who studies immigration law and labor issues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He spoke with News Bureau […]
How should the next US president handle sanctions on Russia?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign adjunct law professor Taisa Markus is an expert in securities law and cross-border capital markets. Markus, also a visiting professor at Kyiv Mohyla Faculty of Law, spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about U.S. sanctions on Russia. Depending on the results of the presidential election, how do you foresee […]