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This summer, we are making various improvements to TaxProf Blog, including: Updating the list of tax faculty by name Updating the list of tax faculty by school Updating the list of J.D. tax course materials Updating the list of LL.M. tax course materials Updating miscellaneous other links Please email me other suggestions for improvements we…
TaxProf Blog is mentioned, along with several other tax blogs, in a wonderful article by Eva M. Lang in the June issue of the Journal of Accountancy, Would You, Could You, Should You Blog?
The Law Professor Blogs Network is proud to announce a collaboration with Juris Novus, one of the finest law blog aggregators online. Juris Novus will be featuring a rotating cast of blogs from our Network. Statement from Juris Novus: Keeping up with the blogsphere is a daunting task as new blogs come online daily. Juris…
We are pleased to announce the launch of four new blogs as part of our Law Professor Blogs Network: Chinese Law Prof Blog (Donald C. Clarke (George Washington)) Clinical Law Prof Blog (Pamela R. Metzger (Tulane) & Katherine Maris Mattes (Tulane)) Corporate Compliance Prof Blog (Paul E. McGreal (South Texas)) Environmental Law Prof Blog (Susan…
This morning’s PrawfsBlawg has an interesting census of the current law professor blogging population. They report that 103 law professors currently blog; we have 24 law professors who blog as part of our Law Professor Blogs Network. PrawfsBlawg notes that of the 103 law professor bloggers, 80.6% (83) are male and 19.4% (20) are female. …
We are delighted that TaxProf Blog is being featured this week on Juris Novus, as part of their agreement to feature a rotating cast of blogs from our Law Professor Blogs Network. Here is a statement from Juris Novus: Keeping up with the blogsphere is a daunting task as new blogs come online daily. Juris…
We are pleased to announce the launch of two new blogs as part of our Law Professor Blogs Network: Business Law Prof Blog (Dale Oesterle (Ohio State)) Elder Law Prof (Anne Kimberly Dayton (William Mitchell)) These blogs join our existing blogs: AntitrustProf Blog (Shubha Ghosh (SUNY Buffalo)) ContractsProf Blog (Carol Chomsky (Minnesota) & Frank Snyder…
Our Law Professor Blogs Network was featured as one of the 60 Sites in 60 Seconds at the ABA TechShow 2005.
Welcome to the tax blogosphere: Tax Foundation’s new Tax Policy Blog. Some interesting recent posts: Why We Care About Taxes (5/9) Cuno v. Daimler Chrysler: Good Policy Can Make Bad Law (5/3) Do Companies Run from Taxes? (5/3)
As readers of this blog know, I am on somewhat of a rankings bender, with our recent conference on law school rankings, weekly tabulation of the Top 5 SSRN Tax Papers, and monthly ranking of the Top 25 SSRN Tax Faculty. So it was only a matter of time before I submitted TaxProf Blog to…
Please join with me today in celebrating the one year anniversary of TaxProf Blog. I hope we have at least partially succeeded in our mission (announced in our very first post here) to provide both (1) permanent resources & links, and (2) daily news & information, of interest to law school tax professors, tax lawyers…
We are thrilled to announce that LexisNexis has agreed to sponsor all of the blogs in our Law Professor Blogs Network: AntitrustProf Blog (Shubha Ghosh (SUNY Buffalo)) ContractsProf Blog (Carol Chomsky (Minnesota) & Frank Snyder (Texas-Wesleyan)) CrimProf Blog (Jack Chin (Arizona) & Mark Godsey (Cincinnati)) Health Law Prof Blog (Betsy Malloy (Cincinnati) & Tom Mayo…
After 11 1/2 months in operation, TaxProf Blog has crossed the 500,000 visitor mark. We are grateful to our growing number of regular readers and are thrilled that we have spawned twelve sister blogs in other areas of law through our Law Professor Blogs Network: AntitrustProf Blog (Shubha Ghosh (SUNY Buffalo)) ContractsProf Blog (Carol Chomsky…
As noted by NetLawBlog (Internet Tools for Lawyers), TaxProf Blog has been named "Best of Breed" and featured on the TypePad web site (see "Specific Subjects").
Technology guru Dennis Kennedy reviewed TaxProf Blog on Saturday as part of his "Law Professor Blog Tour." Check out the full review here.
Earlier this week, we blogged the tax consequences of the increasingly common practice of law professor bloggers (like The Volokh Conspiracy, ProfessorBainbridge, and InstaPundit) soliciting "tips" from their readers. Eugene Volokh prompted the discussion by asking: Should blog tips be treated by us as income (on the analogy to tips for waiters or cabbies) or…
The Volokh Conspiracy has joined the growing number of law professors with tip jars on their blogs (see also ProfessorBainbridge and InstaPundit). Regular readers are asked, but not required, to contribute ("tip"). Eugene asked us about the proper tax treatment of these tips: "Should blog tips be treated by us as income (on the analogy…
From the shameless plug department: TaxProf Blog has been named Political Site of the Day by About Politics Blog. They describe TaxProf Blog as "more than you may ever care to know about taxes." Sounds about right!
After 9 1/2 months in operation, TaxProf Blog has crossed the 400,000 visitor mark. We are grateful to our growing number of regular readers and are thrilled that we have spawned ten sister blogs in other areas of law through our Law Professor Blogs Network: AntitrustProf Blog (Shubha Ghosh (SUNY Buffalo)) ContractsProf Blog (Carol Chomsky…
Last Tuesday, we asked you to take this on-line survey conducted by two of our sponsors, West Publishing Company and Foundation Press, to discover who reads this blog (and the others in our Law Professor Blogs Network). Thanks to the 300 of you so far who have completed the survey. If you have not had…
West Publishing Company and Foundation Press, sponsors of this blog and our Law Professor Blogs Network, have asked that we help identify our readership through this on-line survey. They (and we) would like to figure out the mix of professors, judges, lawyers, librarians, students, and others who read this blog. The survey takes less than…
Kudos to Douglas Berman (Ohio State), editor of Sentencing Law and Policy blog, which is part of our Law Professor Blogs Network. Doug’s blog was cited by Justice Stevens in his dissent (at p. 7, n.4) in yesterday’s U.S. v. Booker decision on the constitutionality of the federal sentencing guidelines. Doug had a whirlwind day:…
Since our launch on April 15, I have been proud of our coverage of tax colloquia, conferences, and scholarship, as well as our coverage of tax issues in the 2004 Presidential Campaign (including the many tax aspects of the red state-blue state divide). I would like to think that our coverage of these issues is…
Following up on the wonderful Tax Notes piece on the tax blogosphere, Tax Bloggers Use Internet To Widen Tax Policy Appeal, 105 Tax Notes 1498 (Dec. 13, 2004) (blogged here), Bruce Bartlett of the National Center for Policy Analysis yesterday offered his views on the subject in The Blogger Take on the Issues. Mr. Bartlett…