The ABA Tax Section Mid-Year Meeting continues today in Hollywood, Florida.

Leslie M. Book, Director of the Federal Tax Clinic at Villanova, receives the Sixth Annual Pro Bono Award at this morning’s plenary session at 7:15 a.m.

Tax Profs presenting today include:

8:30 a.m.:  Partnerships and LLCs — Patenting Tax Advice:  Potential Ramifications on Subchapter K: Ellen P. Aprill (Loyola-L.A.), Michael B. Lang (Chapman)

Individual and Family Taxation

• 8:45 a.m.:  Opening Remarks by the Chair
  • Roberta Mann (Widener)
• 8:50 a.m.: Will You Still Need Me: Income Tax Issues of Elderly Clients
  • Roberta Mann (Widener) (moderator)
• 10:15 a.m.:  The Effect of Murphy on Section 104 Deductions
  • Bryan T. Camp (Texas Tech)
  • Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz (LSU)

Teaching Taxation

• 1:30 p.m.:  Opening Remarks by the Chair
  • Michael B. Lang (Chapman)
• 1:40 p.m.:  Cross-Border Colloquy:  What State/Local and International Tax Lawyers Can Learn from Each Other
  • John A. Swain (Arizona) (moderator)
  • Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
  • Richard Ainsworth (BU)

Court Procedure and Practice

• 2:50 p.m.:  Fifth Amendment Claims in Civil Litigation
  • Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz (LSU)

Tax-Exempt Financing

• 3:35 p.m.:  Essential Governmental Functions of States and Tribes
  • Ellen P. Aprill (Loyola-L.A.)

Closely-Held Businesses

• 4:30 p.m.:  Conflicts of Interest and Related Ethical Considerations in Representing the Closely Held Business and Its Owner
  • Michael B. Lang (Chapman) (moderator)
  • Mona L. Hymel (Arizona)