
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

ABA, Dean Emeritus Leo P. Martinez is the 2024 Robert J. Kutak Award Recipient: Leo Martinez is Dean Emeritus and Albert Abramson Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California College of the Law San Francisco. He is currently a Managing Director at Anderson, the tax and financial services firm. Professor Martinez is a
ABA, Dean Emeritus Leo P. Martinez is the 2024 Robert J. Kutak Award Recipient: Leo Martinez is Dean Emeritus and Albert Abramson Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California College of the Law San Francisco. He is currently a Managing Director at Anderson, the tax and financial services firm. Professor Martinez is a
Wall Street Journal Book Review: Tom Nolan, Hitting Hitler in the Wallet (reviewing Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows: A Novel (2024)): The star of Graham Moore’s historical thriller “The Wealth of Shadows” has no illusions about where he stands in 1939. Ansel Luxford is a “middle-aged tax attorney in a neatly knotted bow tie”
Wall Street Journal Book Review: Tom Nolan, Hitting Hitler in the Wallet (reviewing Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows: A Novel (2024)): The star of Graham Moore’s historical thriller “The Wealth of Shadows” has no illusions about where he stands in 1939. Ansel Luxford is a “middle-aged tax attorney in a neatly knotted bow tie”
ABA Tax Section, The Challenges of AI in Tax Policymaking Axios, Next Year's Battle Royale Over Tax Policy Will Shape America's Fiscal Future Bloomberg, America’s Tax Cut Era Must End Bloomberg, OECD Reaffirms June Deadline for Signing of Global Tax Treaty Bloomberg, Pillar Two: What’s Ahead for Multinationals and Why it Matters Bloomberg, UN Set
ABA Tax Section, The Challenges of AI in Tax Policymaking Axios, Next Year's Battle Royale Over Tax Policy Will Shape America's Fiscal Future Bloomberg, America’s Tax Cut Era Must End Bloomberg, OECD Reaffirms June Deadline for Signing of Global Tax Treaty Bloomberg, Pillar Two: What’s Ahead for Multinationals and Why it Matters Bloomberg, UN Set
Bloomberg, A Big Tax Fight Awaits After the Presidential Election Is Settled Bloomberg, Billionaire Tax Rejected by U.S. Causes Split Ahead of G-7 Bloomberg, IRS Extends Free File Partnership Program Another Five Years Bloomberg, Massachusetts Risks $1 Billion in Lost Tax Revenue as Rich Flee Bloomberg, Presidents’ Tax Returns Would Be Public Under Bipartisan Bill
Bloomberg, A Big Tax Fight Awaits After the Presidential Election Is Settled Bloomberg, Billionaire Tax Rejected by U.S. Causes Split Ahead of G-7 Bloomberg, IRS Extends Free File Partnership Program Another Five Years Bloomberg, Massachusetts Risks $1 Billion in Lost Tax Revenue as Rich Flee Bloomberg, Presidents’ Tax Returns Would Be Public Under Bipartisan Bill
Wall Street Journal Editorial, The IRS Money Hole Gets Deeper: The Internal Revenue Service can’t write its own checks, which means it has to ask Congress for funding like any other agency. But if lawmakers have been tracking its misspending, they’ll turn down the tax collectors’ new $104 billion budget request and demand an audit
Wall Street Journal Editorial, The IRS Money Hole Gets Deeper: The Internal Revenue Service can’t write its own checks, which means it has to ask Congress for funding like any other agency. But if lawmakers have been tracking its misspending, they’ll turn down the tax collectors’ new $104 billion budget request and demand an audit
University of Alabama Law School Graduate Degree Programs, Tentative LL.M./JM Course Teach-Out Schedule: By decision of the Law School Faculty, the LL.M. concentration in Business Transactions and the Juris Masters have been discontinued and the LL.M. in Tax has been placed on inactive status. Courses will no longer be offered after the Spring 2025 term.
University of Alabama Law School Graduate Degree Programs, Tentative LL.M./JM Course Teach-Out Schedule: By decision of the Law School Faculty, the LL.M. concentration in Business Transactions and the Juris Masters have been discontinued and the LL.M. in Tax has been placed on inactive status. Courses will no longer be offered after the Spring 2025 term.
Bloomberg, Brainard Vows Corporate Tax Hike With Trump Cuts Set to Expire Bloomberg, IRS Cash Is in Danger of Drying Up for Technology Upgrades Bloomberg, Key Conservative Group Advises Trump: More Tax Cuts, No Tariffs Bloomberg, Los Angeles, Backers Defend Mansion Tax to Federal Appeals Court Bloomberg, Mansion Taxes Won’t Improve Housing Affordability
Bloomberg, Brainard Vows Corporate Tax Hike With Trump Cuts Set to Expire Bloomberg, IRS Cash Is in Danger of Drying Up for Technology Upgrades Bloomberg, Key Conservative Group Advises Trump: More Tax Cuts, No Tariffs Bloomberg, Los Angeles, Backers Defend Mansion Tax to Federal Appeals Court Bloomberg, Mansion Taxes Won’t Improve Housing Affordability
Eugene Volokh (UCLA; Google Scholar), Can Nonprofits That Help Organize Protests Lose Their Tax Exemptions?: Senate Republicans have called on the IRS to investigate various nonprofits that have helped organize university protests, and see if they should be stripped of their tax exemptions. Would that be permissible? [1.] The government can't strip groups of nonprofit status based on
Eugene Volokh (UCLA; Google Scholar), Can Nonprofits That Help Organize Protests Lose Their Tax Exemptions?: Senate Republicans have called on the IRS to investigate various nonprofits that have helped organize university protests, and see if they should be stripped of their tax exemptions. Would that be permissible? [1.] The government can't strip groups of nonprofit status based on
New York Times Magazine, Was the 401(k) a Mistake?: How an obscure, 45-year-old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold. With pensions, otherwise known as defined-benefit plans, your employer invests on your behalf, and you are promised a fixed monthly income upon retirement. With 401(k)s, which are named after
New York Times Magazine, Was the 401(k) a Mistake?: How an obscure, 45-year-old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold. With pensions, otherwise known as defined-benefit plans, your employer invests on your behalf, and you are promised a fixed monthly income upon retirement. With 401(k)s, which are named after
Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern; Google Scholar), Lawsky Entry Level Hiring Report 2023: There are four entry-level tax hires:
Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern; Google Scholar), Lawsky Entry Level Hiring Report 2023: There are four entry-level tax hires:
Kathleen Thomas and Leigh Osofsky received awards for excellence in teaching and scholarship from the University of North Carolina School of Law:
Kathleen Thomas and Leigh Osofsky received awards for excellence in teaching and scholarship from the University of North Carolina School of Law:
New York Times, Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows: Former President Donald J. Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an Internal Revenue Service inquiry uncovered by The New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over
New York Times, Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows: Former President Donald J. Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an Internal Revenue Service inquiry uncovered by The New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over
The White House, President Biden Announces Key Nominees: Jeffrey S. Arbeit is a legislation counsel with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. His work focuses primarily on international tax and issues related to financial assets, transactions, and markets. Before joining the staff in 2015, Arbeit was a tax associate at Sullivan & Cromwell