Valparaiso University Law School is hosting a Tax Roundtable today at its Hyde Park, Chicago location:

Presentation #1:  Emily Cauble (Michigan State), Did Blackstone’s Initial Public Offering Really Work? A Case Study in Rules and Standards in Tax Law
Commentator:  Samuel Brunson (Loyola-Chicago)

Presentation #2:  Jennifer Bird-Pollan (Kentucky), Nozick, Libertarianism and the Estate Tax
Commentator:  David Herzig (Valparaiso)

Presentation #3:  Susannah Camic Tahk (Wisconsin), Making Impossible Tax Reform Possible
Commentator:  Emily Cauble (Michigan State)

Presentation #4:  Samuel Brunson (Loyola-Chicago), Quid Custodiet Ipso Custodes? Or Protecting the Tax System From IRS Abuse
Commentator:  Del Wright Jr. (Valparaiso)

Presentation #5:  Del Wright Jr. (Valparaiso), Financial Alchemy: How Tax Shelter Promoters Use Financial Products to Bedevil the IRS (And How the IRS Helps Them)
Commentator:  Jennifer Bird-Pollan (Kentucky)

Presentation #6:  Tracy Roberts (Louisville), Brackets: Taking a Historical Perspective
Commentator:  Susannah Camic Tahk (Wisconsin)