Dr. Eigen has appeared on ABC Chicago, CBS Chicago, Fox Chicago, Chicago Public Radio, National Public Radio, Sirius XM, among others. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Reuters, Forbes, Bloomberg News, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Magazine, the National Law Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the Toronto Star, the Daily Iowan, and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, among others. His work has been featured on Bloomberg News, the Huffington Post, Life of the Law, and Crain’s Chicago Business, as well as other popular and academic blogs.

TV & RADIO APPEARANCES
 

•June 30, 2014 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio report re Harris v. Quinn.
 

•Feb 27, 2014 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio report re Northwestern football players’ unionization efforts.
 

•Feb 6, 2014 Illinois Public Radio guest on “Focus” regarding student athletes’ attempts to unionize.
 

•Feb 4, 2014 Life of the Law blog post and interview re student-athlete unionization efforts at Northwestern University.
 

•Jan 29, 2014 KPPC Southern California Public Radio guest on “Airtalk” re student athletes attempting to unionize.
 

•Mar 27, 2013 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio guest on “The Afternoon Shift” discussing recent legal news including Prop 8 and DOMA.
 

•Dec 21, 2012 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio guest on “The Morning Shift” discussing temporary employment.
 

•Dec 19, 2012 FOX News Chicago interview regarding the SEIU’s strategy of attacking Mayor Emanuel’s policies.
 

•Nov 19, 2012 KCBS (CBS News) interview regarding Wal-Mart’s Black Friday labor issues.
 

•Sept 19, 2012 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio guest on “The Morning Shift” discussing the Chicago Teacher’s Union Strike.
 

•Sept 18, 2012 CBS News Chicago interview regarding the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike.
 

•Sept 17, 2012 ABC News Chicago interview regarding the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike.
 

•Sept 17, 2012 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio interview regarding the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike.
 

•Sept 16, 2012 FOX News Chicago interview regarding the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike.
 

•June 11, 2012 Live call-in show on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio: Code Switching: How and why many Americans--especially ethnic minorities-- code switch between different types of language depending on the situation.
 

•June 8, 2011 Interview on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio on Eight-Forty-Eight about sexual harassment charges brought against the Tilted Kilt Restaurant and employment law issues related to “Weinergate.”
 

•April 9, 2012 Quoted on NPR in a report on teacher contract negotiation and contract length.
 

•Feb 7, 2011 Interview on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio on Eight-Forty-Eight about employer sick-day policies.
 

•June 20, 2011 Interview on Fox News, Chicago regarding the Supreme Court’s opinion in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, the largest sexual discrimination class action ever filed.
 

•March 23, 2011 Interview on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio on Eight-Forty-Eight about Wal-Mart v. Dukes (the largest employment gender discrimination class action ever filed) in which Professor Eigen correctly predicts the Supreme Court ruling.
 

•February 27, 2011 Appearance on “Beyond the Beltway” (a nationally syndicated radio show) with Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, John Norquist, the former mayor of Milwaukee, and John Tillman, the CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute.

PRESS / ON THE WEB
 

•June 30, 2014 Quoted in Modern Healthcare re Harris v. Quinn.
 

•April 24, 2014 Quoted in Sports Illustrated re Northwestern football players’ unionization efforts.
 

•April 16, 2014 Quoted in the New York Times re Northwestern football players’ unionization efforts.
 

•March 31, 2014: Huffington Post blog post regarding Northwestern football players unionization efforts.
 

•Feb 27, 2014 Quoted in Crain’s Business Chicago re the longest running labor dispute in US History.
 

•Feb 17, 2014 Quoted in The Chicago Tribune re UIC faculty voting to strike. 
 

•Jan 28, 2014 Quoted in ESPN re Northwestern football players’ unionization efforts. (Requoted in several other pieces, including Slate.com and Labor Relations Today)
 

•October 4, 2013 Quoted in Forbes regarding a labor dispute between stagehands (IATSE) and Carnegie Hall in NYC.
 

•October 3, 2013 Quoted in Reuters regarding the wrongful death suit by Michael Jackson’s estate against AEG Live.
 

•July 3 2013 Quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek article on labor economics in MMA. 
 

•Jun 29 2013 Included in the “40 Under 40” Rising Stars in Chicago by the National Law Journal. 
 

•Jun 29, 2013 Quoted in The Daily Beast re Walmart and transparency in exchange between organizations and individuals.
 

•June 29, 2013 Wall Street Cheat Sheet
 

•May 8, 2013 Jotwell (Journal of Things We Like  Lots) review of “Moral/Contractual Approach to Labor Law Reform” by Professor Matt Bodie (SLU Law).
 

•Mar 5, 2013 Quoted in The National Law Journal regarding a recent case involving employee privacy.
 

•Feb 4, 2013 Workplace Prof Blog write up of “The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes”
 

•Jan 18, 2013 Quoted in The Christian Science Monitor regarding the NYC school bus driver strike.
 

•Jan 2, 2013 Quoted in Chicago Public Radio report on court case holding that charter school teachers are covered by the NLRA.
 

•Dec 1, 2012 Quoted in a Forbes Op/Ed by Rick Ungar regarding publicizing negotiations. 
 

•Nov 22, 2012 Quoted in The Chicago Tribune regarding union protests at Wal-Mart on Black Friday.
 

•Nov 21, 2012 Quoted in The Daily Beast regarding union protests at Wal-Mart on Black Friday.
 

•Nov 20, 2012 Quoted in the International Business Times.
 

•Nov 18, 2012 Quoted in Bloomberg News regarding union protests at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. Piece was picked up by the Washington Post, The Arizona Daily Star, Time Business & Money, MSN Money, Yahoo! News, and, The New American (among others).
 

•Nov, 2012 “Empirical Studies of Contract” article described on the Private Law Theory Blog.
 

•Sept 19, 2012 Quoted in the Christian Science Monitor regarding the political fall-out of the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike.
 

•Sept 17, 2012 Quoted on MSNBC regarding a pending injunction to stop the Teachers’ Union strike in Chicago.
 

•Sept 13, 2012 Op-Ed in Crain’s Chicago Business regarding the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike. 
 

•June 12, 2012 Chicago Tribune article quoting Professor Eigen regarding Chicago Public School Teachers’ strike authorization vote.
 

•June 7, 2012 Chicago Tribune article quoting Professor Eigen regarding Chicago Teachers Union strike authorization vote-taking.
 

•June 1, 2012 Chicago Lawyer Magazine article quoting Professor Eigen regarding changes in employment and labor law.
 

•February 27, 2012 Contracts Prof Blog review of “Empirical Studies of Contract.”
 

•February 21, 2012 Chicago Tribune article quoting Professor Eigen regarding publicizing ongoing public sector negotiations.
 

•February 16, 2012 Chicago News Cooperative article quoting Professor Eigen regarding Chicago Teachers Union negotiations.
 

•Feb 8, 2012 Chicago Catalyst article mentioning Professor Eigen’s appearance on WBEZ.
 

•December 9, 2011 Jotwell (Journal of Things We Like  Lots) review of “Bicephalous Justice” by Professor Samuel Estreicher (NYU Law).
 

•December 1, 2011  Workforce, “Background-Check Tool Keeps Tabs on Sex Harassment Cases” quoting Professor Eigen regarding ebosswatch.com
 

•November 13, 2011 Chicago Tribune article quoting Professor Eigen regarding sexual harassment claims.
 

•November 3, 2011 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin interview regarding religious accommodation in the workplace.
 

•July 13, 2011 Workplace Prof Blog write up about “Bicephalous Justice”
 

•March 15, 2011 Dan Ariely Blog Post referencing “When and Why Individuals Obey Contracts.”
 

•March 11, 2011 Chicago Sun Times, “Hope Remains Amid Fireworks at NFL Labor Talks” quoting Professor Eigen regarding the ongoing efforts to avoid a lock-out in NFL collective bargaining.
 

•March 7, 2011 Legal Theory Blog write up about “A Moral Contractual Approach to Labor Law Reform...” 
 

•February 20, 2011 Green Bay Press Gazette article, “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill is ‘Monumental Change’ for Labor” quoting Professor Eigen on the impact of Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill on organized labor in the public sector; See also here or here
 

•February 17, 2011 Workplace Prof Blog write up about “Shifting the Paradigm of the Debate...”
 

•October 11, 2010 Workplace Prof Blog write up about “The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes” and here
 

•Sept. 7, 2010 State Bar of Michigan Blog write up about “Do Lawyers Really Believe Their Own Hype...”  
 

•August 31, 2010 Legal Ethics Forum write up about “Do Lawyers Really Believe Their Own Hype...”
 

•August 30, 2010 Empirical Legal Studies Blog write up about “Do Lawyers Really Believe Their Own Hype...” 
 

•June 9, 2010 Chicago Citizen article featuring Professor Eigen on mandatory arbitration of employment disputes (Downloadable PDF)
 

• May, 2004 Entrepreneur Magazine and Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Admin. Quarterly article by David Sherwyn, Paul Wagner & Joe Baumgarten mentioning Professor Eigen’s position regarding discrimination law.