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San Francisco Voters Reject Expanded “Overpaid CEO” Tax
Eliyahu Kamisher & Biz Carson (Bloomberg Law): Billionaires Win as Voters Halt San Francisco ‘Overpaid CEO’ Tax San Francisco voters rejected a un…
Read MoreArticle: Online Inclusivity: Mission and Best Practice by Colin P. Marks and Zoe Niesel
We know that online legal education is on the ascendance. We know that inclusivity in education is important. An article by Colin P. Marks and & Z…
Read MoreWSJ: Stock Gains Without All the Taxes?
Miriam Gottfried & Peter Santilli (Wall Street Journal): Stock Gains Without All the Taxes? How the Hottest Trade on Wall Street Works With the st…
Read MoreNY Times: Spielberg, Aliens, and God
New York Times Op-Ed: Does U.F.O. Disclosure Threaten Faith?, by Ross Douthat (Author, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious (…
Read MoreWSJ: Will the Pope Apologize to AI?
Following up on my previous post, Pope Leo on AI: Magnifica Humanitatis: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Will the Pope Owe an Apology to AI?, by Cameron Be…
Read MoreWaPo: What Is Suffering For? After My Sister Died, I Found the Answer.
Following up on my previous post, Finding Meaning in Suffering: Washington Post: What Is Suffering For? After My Sister Died, I Found the Answer., by …
Read MorePepperdine Caruso Law Hosts 2nd Annual State Of Religious Freedom Conference
Following up on last year’s inaugural State Of Religious Freedom Conference in Switzerland, we welcomed over 50 scholars, judges, and practition…
Read MoreProjected 2027-28 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Ultimate Bar Passage Rate
In the current 2026-27 U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology, ultimate bar passage counts 7% in the overall ranking: Ultimate bar passage rate (7%…
Read MoreNY Times: How to Tax AI
New York Times DealBook: Everyone Wants to Tax A.I. The Big Disagreement: How?, by Peter Coy: Artificial intelligence is making some people rich and o…
Read MoreA Majority of Law Professors Say Legal Education Is Heading in the Wrong Direction
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Free Expression in a Climate of Self-Censorship: A National Survey of American Law Faculty: Ex…
Read MoreColumbia Journal Of Tax Law Publishes New Issue
The Columbia Journal of Tax Law has published a new issue (Vol. 17, No. 1 (Fall 2025)): Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington) & Sarah Polcz (UC…
Read MoreJock Taxes and the NBA Finals
The NBA Finals continue Saturday evening, when the New York Knicks have an opportunity to conclude their series against the San Antonio Spurs. If the …
Read MoreLunar et al.: GradeLegal: Automated Grading for German Legal Cases
Abdullah Al Zubaer (U. Passau), Lorenz Wendlinger (Deggendorf Inst. Tech.), Simon Alexander Nonn (U. Passau), Michael Granitzer (U. Passau) & Jele…
Read MoreWhat Are the Top 10 DEI Law Schools?
I asked ChatGPT the following question: What are the Top 10 DEI Law Schools? This is what I received: “There isn’t one universally accepted `Top…
Read MorePasin et al.: An Experimental Study on Institutions and Social Norms of Tax Compliance
Gian Luca Pasin (Inst. of Cognitive Sci., CNR), Aron Szekely (Inst. of Cognitive Sci., CNR) & Flaminio Squazzoni (U. Milan, Dept. Soc. & Pol. …
Read MoreAccessLex: How State Anti-DEI Policies and Initiatives Impact Legal Education
Madison Watts, Policy Associate, and Joel Chanvisanuruk, Senior Director, Programs for Academic and Bar Success for AccessLex look at “How State…
Read MoreSomin: H-1B Visa Fee Ruling Extends Learning Resources Beyond Tariffs
Jon Endean previously covered Judge Leo T. Sorokin’s decision (D. Mass.) holding that the Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee is a tax…
Read MorePodcast: How State Legislatures Are Reshaping Freedom of Expression in Higher Education
It seems fair to say that freedom of expression is a hot button issue on university campuses. I am something of a podcast junkie and thought that foll…
Read MoreSSRN Review & Roundup: Endean Reviews Cui’s Retaliatory Taxation and the Birth of America’s First Tax Treaty
This week, Jon Endean (Brooklyn) reviews a new work by Wei Cui (British Columbia), Retaliatory Taxation and the Birth of America’s First Tax Treaty (J…
Read MoreBook of the Week
Professor Jessica de Perio WIttman, Director of the Thomas J. Meskill Library at the the University of Connecticut School of Law and Beth G. Adelman, …
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