Paul L. Caron
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TaxProf Blog in 4th place in ABA Journal’s Top 100 Blawg Voting
Robert J. Ambrogi gives an interim report on the voting in the ABA Journal's 2008 Blawg 100 contest. In the 15-blog "professors" category, TaxProf Blog is currently in fourth place with 108 votes, trailing Jonathan Turley (333 votes), Mirror of Justice (202 votes), and Professor Bainbridge (109 votes). To vote, go here (Voting ends January…
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TaxProf Blog Named Top 100 Law Blog by ABA Journal
I am thrilled that TaxProf Blog has been named to the ABA Journal's list of "the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal" — the 2008 Blawg 100. TaxProf Blog is one of fifteen blogs nominated in the Legal Theory category: The law profs…
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TaxProf: A “Gender Neutral” Tax Blog
Thanks to Joe Kristan (Macho Macho Tax Blogs), who alerted me to Gender Analyzer, whose tagline is "man or woman — who is writing that blog?" The site "uses Artificial Intelligence to determine if a homepage is written by a man or woman." See also Kay Bell's It's Still a Man's Tax Blogging World. Here is the…
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Tax Prof Vacation; Guest Bloggers Take the Reins
For the third time in 4 1/2 years, I am taking a week-long respite from blogging, as I leave tomorrow on a family mission trip with my wife and two kids to Monterrey, Mexico. SInce I will be without Internet access for the week (shudder!), through the magic of TypePad's software I have written a couple dozen…
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Top 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting
I am honored (and surprised) to be included on the list of Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Inluential People for the third year in a row. The magazine contains one-sentence explanations of why each of the folks made the list; here is mine: One of the most widely read tax sites on the Internet, Caron's TaxProf…
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TaxProf Blog Crosses 5,000,000-Visitor Mark
After less than 4 1/2 years in operation, TaxProf Blog has crossed the 5,000,000-visitor mark. (We crossed the 4,000,000-visitor mark less than six months ago.) To put that number in perspective, it is the most visitors to any law-focused blog edited by a single law professor, according to publicly-available traffic statistics. (It is also 4,993,422…
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Tax Analysts Partners With TaxProf Blog
I am thrilled to announce that Tax Analysts has agreed to share some of its content with readers of TaxProf Blog. Each week, I will blog one article from three of Tax Analysts’ publications: Tax Notes, State Tax Notes, and Tax Notes International. The full-text of each article will remain available on TaxProf Blog for…
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WKRPTaxProf Blog in CincinnatiFans of the WKRP in Cincinnati TV show might remember the theme song: Dave Rifkin (Attorney-Advisor to Tax Court Judge Juan F. Vasquez; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown) welcomed me back from San Diego with this ode: Baby, if you’ve ever wondered, Wondered whatever became of me, I’m living on the net in Cincinnati, TaxProf Blog in…
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Four-Year Anniversary of TaxProf Blog
Today (April 15) marks the 4-year anniversary of TaxProf Blog (and the 13-year anniversary of the TaxProf Email Discussion Group). I hope the blog has at least partially succeeded in its mission (announced in my very first post here) to provide both (1) permanent resources & links, and (2) daily news & information, of interest…
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TaxProf Blog Featured in Today’s Wall Street Journal
TaxProf Blog is featured in the Blog Watch column in today’s Wall Street Journal (page R8): Paul L. Caron, a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the author of numerous books, writes this influential and popular blog, which includes coverage of tax-reform legislation with extensive explanations. Recent posts include a discussion…
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TaxProf Blog Crosses 4,000,000-Visitor Mark
After less than four years in operation, TaxProf Blog has crossed the 4,000,000-visitor mark. (We crossed the 3,000,000-visitor mark eight months ago.) To put that number in perspective, it is the most visitors to any law-focused blog edited by a single law professor, according to publicly-available traffic statistics. (It is also 3,994,000 more than the…
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China Blocks Access to TaxProf Blog
Tax Prof Ann Murphy (Gonzaga), in China on a Fulbright Scholarship, reports that the government has decided to block all access to TaxProf Blog: I had hoped it would not happen, but the Chinese government has decided to block your [blog]. I am so bummed!! I’m hoping it’s a temporary thing. I still get your…
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Stagnation in the Law Prof Blogosphere?
Orin Kerr (George Washington) on The Volokh Conspiracy: In the 2003-06 period, it looked like the blawgosphere — the part of the blogworld devoted to law blogs — was expanding rapidly and becoming more and more important. As 2007 comes to an end, however, I think we can see a very different picture for 2007.…
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Caron Interview on Law Crossing
Check out my interview on Law Crossing where you will learn, among other things: My connection to Bill Clinton My favorite ice cream The last book I read The contributions of my three mentors
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Welcome to the Blogosphere: Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new Nonprofit Law Prof Blog, edited by David A. Brennen (Georgia) & Darryll K. Jones (Stetson), as part of our Law Professor Blogs Network. As readers of this blog know, David and Darryll are leaders in the nonprofit law world — they are the coauthors (with…
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You Are a Genius!
According to the Blog Readibility Test, the level of education necessary to understand this blog is the highest level — Genius. Dan Solove (George Washington) notes the level of education necessary to understand various popular law blog, which I have supplemented below: GENIUS* Balkinization* Becker-Posner* Feminist Law Professors* Legal Theory* TaxProf COLLEGE (POSTGRAD)* Brian Leiter’s…
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Top 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting
I am honored (and surprised) to be included on the list of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People for the second year in a row. The magazine contains one-sentence explanations of why each of the folks made the list; here is mine: Caron has helped lead the profession’s exploration of new media, and his…
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Nominations Close Today for “Best Law Blog” Award
Nominations close today for the 2007 Best Law Blog Award. To nominate your favorite tax blog, go here.
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TaxProf Chosen as “Top 100 Academic Blog”
TaxProf Blog (and our sister Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog) was named today as one of the Top 100 Academic Blogs Every Professional Investor Should Read.
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TaxProf Blog Named Top 100 Econ Blog
CurrencyTrading.net has named TaxProf Blog one of Top 100 blogs dealing with economics: TaxProf is an extremely comprehensive look at all issues concerning tax law. It is updated frequently and is a great source of current tax related events, discussion, and analysis.
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Law Prof Blogosphere Census
Dan Solove (George Washington) has updated his census of law professor bloggers (here and here). He notes that there are now 365 law professor bloggers (up from 309 in October 2006). The gender breakdown of the 365 law professor bloggers is 74% male and 26% female. 77 (21%) of the bloggers are part of our…
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Brown on Blogs and Law School Rankings: TaxProf Blog Is #1!
Jay Brown (Denver) has posted Blogs, Law School Rankings, and the Race to the Bottom on SSRN. The paper examines the Top 200 law blogs as ranked by Justia on June 25, 2007. (The ranking is based on the number of visits to law blogs from the law blog search engine on Justia.) Of the…
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Tax Prof at 50
I was hoping to fly under the radar with this, but I have been outed by some of my blogosphere friends (Adjunct Law Prof Blog, Administrative Law Prof Blog, Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog, Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, Food Law Prof Blog, Health Law Prof Blog, ImmigrationProf Blog, Jack Bog’s Blog, Legal Profession Blog,…