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What Makes a Great Library (National Jurist (March 2010)): Many thought that the digital age would render brick-and-mortar libraries obsolete. But the…
Read MoreWelcome to the Tax Blogosphere: <em>Tax Blawg</em>
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin (West Conshohocken, PA) has launched Tax Blawg, describe das "Tax Talk for Tax Pros": A&…
Read MoreIFA International Tax Student Writing Competition
The International Fiscal Association is sponsoring the 2010 International Tax Student Writing Competition: Subject: Any topic relat…
Read MoreTaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday: Tax Lawyer Staged Suicide to Look Like Murder Saturday at the IRS Tax Articles in The Urban Lawyer Court Rejects NYLS Grade Complaint New Yo…
Read MoreTop 5 Tax Paper Downloads
There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the&#…
Read MorePresident Obama Makes Two Tax Recess Appointments
President Obama yesterday made 15 recess appointments: Michael F. Mundaca: Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Treasury DepartmentMi…
Read MoreStudents Who Visit College on a Cloudy Day Are More Likely to Enroll
Uri Simonsohn (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School) has published Weather To Go To College, 120 Econ. J. 270 (2009). Here is the abs…
Read MoreBank of America, Wells Fargo to Pay Zero 2009 Federal Income Tax
Charlotte Observer, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Probably Won't Pay Income Tax for 2009: This tax season will be kind to Bank of America and Wells…
Read MoreFeuer: <em> A Former Spouse’s Right to Employee Benefits</em>
Albert Feuer (Law Offices of Albert Feuer, Forest Hills, NY) has posted Who is Entitled to Life Insurance Benefits and Top-Hat Benefits from an ERISA …
Read MoreTax Lawyer Staged Suicide to Look Like Murder
Alabama tax lawyer Major Bashinsky (Tax LL.M., Florida), 63, son of the late CEO of Golden Flake Snack Foods, staged his own suicide to make it …
Read MoreSaturday at the IRS
More than 180 local IRS ofices are open today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m to help taxpayers complete their 2009 tax returns. From the IRS press releas…
Read MoreTax Articles in <em>The Urban Lawyer</em>
Lauren Ashley Smith (J.D. 2010, Washington University), Alternatives to Property Tax Increment Finance Programs: Sales, Income, and Nonproperty …
Read MoreCourt Rejects NYLS Grade Complaint
Following up on my prior post, Court Refuses 2L's Request to Change "C" Grade or to Order NYLS to Adopt Pass/Fail Grading System: …
Read More<em>New York’s Amazon Tax and the Battle Over Affiliate Nexus</em>
Sam Zaprzalka (J.D. 2010, Seattle) has published Note, New York's Amazon Tax Not Out of the Forest Yet: The Battle Over Affiliate Nexus, 33 Seattl…
Read MoreKleinbard Publishes Woodworth Lecture: <em> How Tax Expenditures Distort our Budget and our Political Processes</em>
Edward D. Kleinbard (USC) has published his Laurence Neal Woodworth Memorial Lecture in United States Tax Law and Policy delivered at the May 20…
Read MoreEach 100-Point Increase in Woman’s SAT Score Increases Payment for Egg Donation by $2,350
A new study by Aaron D. Levine (Georgia Tech) and published by the Hastings Center reports for each 100-point increase in her SAT score, women at elit…
Read MoreLegislature Takes Aim at Maryland Law School Clinics
Baltimore Sun: State House Bullies Target UM Law School: Make no mistake, the state Senate has done much more than express some idle curiosity about t…
Read MoreDavid Meyer Named Dean at Tulane
David Meyer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois College of Law and a Constitutional Law and Family Law scholar, has bee…
Read MoreWeisbach & Posner: <em>Climate Change Justice</em>
Tax Prof David Weisbach (Chicago) & Eric A. Posner (Chicago) have published Climate Change Justice (Princeton University Press, 2010).…
Read MoreNew U.S. News Rankings to be Released on April 15
Robert Morse, Director of Data Research at U.S. News & World Report, announced yesterday that the new law school rankings will be rele…
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