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Tax Profs Urge Congress to Consider Impeachment in Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Scandal
Friday, June 18, 2004 Several Tax Profs are among the 500 law professor signatories to a letter urging Congress to consider impeaching President Bush …
Read MoreImpact of US News Rankings
Friday, June 18, 2004 Check out the fundraising appeal I received today from Boston University (where I got my LL.M. while practicing in Boston): Bost…
Read MoreHellwig & Polsky File Amicus Brief in Attorney’s Fee Cases
Friday, June 18, 2004 Brant Hellwig (South Carolina) & Gregg Polsky (Minnesota) recently filed an amicus brief in the two pending contingent fee …
Read MoreWestern New England Hosts Medicaid Planning Workshop
Friday, June 18, 2004 Western New England hosted a Medicaid Planning Workshop, with Tax Profs William Baker and Frederick Royal, among others, present…
Read MoreLaw Schools in Bidding Wars for Top Faculty
Friday, June 18, 2004 The National Law Journal has a great piece on the “star system” at work in the recuiting of top law professors, with…
Read MoreCALI Conference on Law School Computing
Thursday, June 17, 2004 The 14th annual CALI Conference on Law School Computing is today through Saturday at the University of Washington School of La…
Read MoreHarvard Law School Fellow Shuts Down 3,000 Law Blogs
Thursday, June 17, 2004 David Winer, a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, abruptly shut down 3,000 law b…
Read MoreCaron Colloquium on Technology in Tax Teaching at San Diego
Thursday, June 17, 2004 I am presenting Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning today at San Diego. H…
Read MoreLuke Colloquium on Investor Control Doctrine at Florida State
Thursday, June 17, 2004 Charlene Luke (Florida State) presents The Investor Control Doctrine: Constraining the Abuse of Variable Insurance Products to…
Read MoreBNA Advisory Board Meeting on Real Estate Tax Issues
Thursday, June 17, 2004 The BNA Tax Management Advisory Board meets today at 5:30 pm EST (followed by a reception at 7:00 pm) at the Waldorf-Astoria H…
Read MoreBankman Quoted on Front Page of Wall Street Journal
Thursday, June 17, 2004 Kudos to Tax Prof Joe Bankman (Stanford), who is quoted on the front page of Wedneday’s Wall Street Journal in connectio…
Read MoreSamansky on Hibbs v. Winn
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Following up on Monday’s post on the Court’s 5-4 ruling in Hibbs v. Winn that taxpayers can use federal courts to…
Read MoreDilbert on EBITDA
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Today’s Dilbert offers a funny look at EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization).
Read MoreGonzaga Law School Recognizes Student Tax Club, But Not Pro-Life Club
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Gonzaga Law School, part of a Catholic, Jesuit University, has refused to recognize a Christian student organization (the Gon…
Read MoreHouse Holds Tax Simplification Hearing
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 The Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday held a public hearing on tax simplification. A…
Read MoreFino on State Constitutional Tax & Finance Provisions
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Susan Fino (Wayne State – Political Science) has published A Cure Worse than the Disease? Taxation and Finance Provisio…
Read MoreIRS Names Stiff Deputy Commissioner of Small Business/Self-Employed Division
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 The IRS today announced the appointment of Linda E. Stiff as deputy commissioner of the Small Business/Self-Employed Division (…
Read MoreSenate Winners from Pending Tax Bill
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Today’s Washington Post has a great piece on which Senators would benefit the most financially from the tax bill schedule…
Read MoreTwo-Month Anniversary of TaxProf Blog
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Today marks the two-month anniversary of TaxProf Blog. We have been blown away by the number of visitors (50,000+) in such a sh…
Read MoreWhat Tax Profs Are Reading . . . Maule on Lost Christianities
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 This is the fifth installment of What Tax Profs Are Reading. The goal is to share with the broader tax community reviews of bot…
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