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Tax Profs
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Stein Quoted in NY Times
Norman Stein (Alabama) is quoted in a New York Times article on pension problems at Halliburton (A Hard-to-Swallow Lesson on Pensions). (Thanks to Deborah Schenk (NYU) for the tip.)
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U.S. News Tax Rankings for Sale on eBay?
I just received the “Annual Peer Assessment” survey from U.S. News & World Report asking me to help “identify the law schools having the top programs in tax law”: Identify up to fifteen (15) schools that have the highest-quality tax law courses or programs. In making your choices consider all elements that contribute to a…
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Forman Op-Ed on Temporary Tax Legislation
Jon Forman (Oklahoma) has published an op-ed on Temporary Tax Legislation. Here is a taste: These days the tax code is filled with temporary tax provisions. It’s almost as if the tax code were written in sand…. Can you imagine if our criminal justice system worked this way? What if the Legislature made murder illegal…
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The Food Channel, Tomatoes, and Tax Law
From the Students Ask the Darndest Questions file: John Swain (Arizona) regaled the TaxProf Discussion Group with a question from a student: I was watching the Food Channel last night and they put up a factoid about tomatoes. They said that in 1893 the Supreme Court ruled that a tomato was a vegetable so that…
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Maule Judges Tax Aspects of Last Night’s VP Debate
Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Jim Maule (Villanova) blogs last night’s VP debate from a tax perspective. The verdict: “politicians who have been involved in setting tax policy don’t seem to understand it. What a marvelous bipartisan inadequacy.”
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Bankman and Johnson Quoted in NY Times Article on Tax Shelters
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Joe Bankman (Stanford) and Calvin Johnson (Texas) are quoted in today’s New York Times article, Republicans Try to Dilute Provisions in Tax Bill: • Joseph Bankman, a professor of tax law at Stanford University, says California has already reaped $1.3 billion from a similar provision it passed one year ago. The…
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Beale Promoted at Illinois
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Linda Beale (Illinois) has been promoted to Associate Professor at Illinois. Here is the announcement from Dean Heidi Hurd: Professor Linda Beale focuses on issues relating to book and tax accounting differences and the role of external auditors in reporting companies’ tax-motivated transactions. She published two comment letters on the impact…
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Colombo Quoted in USA Today
Friday, October 1, 2004 John Colombo (Illinois) is quoted in USA Today, Non-Profit Hospitals’ Top Salaries May Be Due for a Check-Up.
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Maule’s Advice for Law Students
Friday, September 24, 2004 Jim Maule (Villanova) offers some thoughtful advice for law students in a series of columns for his law school newspaper: • Doing Puzzles While Learning and Practicing Law • Time Can Be on Your Side. Or At Least By It • Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn • Crumbling Myths…
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Tennessee Looking To Hire Tax Prof
Friday, September 24, 2004 The University of Tennessee College of Law invites applications for two full-time, tenure-track faculty positions to commence in fall 2005. A J.D. or equivalent law degree is required. Successful applicants must have a strong academic background. Substantial professional experience is desirable. Candidates also must have a strong commitment to excellence in…
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Likhovski Visiting at Cardozo
Thursday, September 23, 2004 Assaf Likhovski (Tel-Aviv University) is visiting at Cardozo during the Fall 2004 semester. He recently published The Duke and the Lady: Helvering v. Gregory and the History of Tax Avoidance Adjudication, 25 Cardozo L. Rev. 953 (2004). Here is the abstract from SSRN: Tax avoidance is one of the major problems…
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Wayne State Looking To Hire Tax Prof
Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Wayne State University Law School is seeking to fill up to four tenure-track faculty positions beginning in the 2005-2006 academic year. Both entry-level and experienced candidates are encouraged to apply. Although candidates in all subject areas will be considered, particular areas of interest include tax law. Applications from individuals whose backgrounds…
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Tax Prof as Ob/Gyn
Monday, September 13, 2004 I tell my students the first day in my basic tax course that tax lawyers are the last real general practitioners because tax cuts across virtually all areas of practice. I now need to change my pitch to include Ob/Gyn as well. Check out the amazing 911 tape of Tax Prof…
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Video of Investiture of Richard Kaplan to Pedersen Professorship at Illinois
Sunday, September 12, 2004 To view the video of the Sept. 8 investiture ceremony recognizing Richard L. Kaplan as the Peer and Sarah Pedersen Professor at Illinois, see here.
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Tax Profs as Fighter Pilots?
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Notes from the (Legal) Underground has a funny jibe at whether it is appropriate to refer to law professors as lawyers as well: “[R]eferring to law professors as ‘lawyers’? … [E]ven though [it] might technically be correct[,] [i]t’s like confusing someone who teaches the principles of aerodynamics with a fighter pilot:…
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Investiture of Richard Kaplan to Pedersen Professorship at Illinois
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 The investiture ceremony recognizing Richard L. Kaplan as the Peer and Sarah Pedersen Professor at Illinois will take place at 4:00 pm today. The event will celebrate Richard’s work as an internationally recognized tax scholar and the generosity of the Pedersens in establishing the named professorship.
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Baltimore Looking To Hire Director of Tax Clinic
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 The University of Baltimore invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position, beginning during the 2005 academic year, to direct and teach in the Tax Law Clinic (TLC). The TLC represents low-income taxpayers in disputes with the IRS regarding federal income tax liability before the IRS and U.S. Tax Court. Student attorneys…
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Boston College Looking to Hire Tax Prof
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Boston College Law School expects to hire one person for a faculty position in income and/or corporate taxation. Applicants must possess a J.D. degree and an expertise in tax at an advanced level. Scholarly promise, evidenced by publications, is also important. In the case of any appointees with tenure, a distinguished…
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Montana Faculty To Fight Decision To Let Prof Teach Con Law
Friday, September 3, 2004 Another twist in the saga about Montana law prof Rob Natelson, who successfully challenged his dean’s refusal to allow him to teach Con Law (blogged here, here and here): press reports say that the Montana faculty is considering challenging the university’s decision.
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Other Tax Profs Take the Political Survey Challenge
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 The other two Tax Prof Bloggers have taken the political survey mentioned here yesterday: • Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark) is somewhat left of center (left of Tony Blair) and somewhat idealistic • Jim Maule (Villanova) is “a wee bit right of center and barely on the pragmatic side.” I reported…
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Colombo Quoted in USA Today
Monday, August 30, 2004 John Colombo (Illinois) was quoted in a USA Today article on the increasing pressure on non-profit hospitals to defend their tax-exempt status.
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Tax Faculty Hires at Florida
Monday, August 30, 2004 Most Tax Profs by now have received the spiffy brochure from the University of Florida’s Graduate Tax Program announcing two permanent, and one visiting, tax hires: • Paul McDaniel, formerly Director of the NYU Graduate Tax and International Law Programs (1993-2002) and Professor of Law at Boston College (1970-87 and 2002-04),…
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University President Orders That Law Prof Be Allowed To Teach Con Law
Friday, August 27, 2004 A follow up on last month’s post about Law Prof Rob Natelson of Montana, who alleged that his dean refused to allow him to teach con law solely because of his conservative views: the university president this week ordered that Natelson be allowed to teach con law this fall.
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Interview with Noel Cunningham
Friday, August 27, 2004 The July/August Business Entities journal has a great interview with Noel Cunningham, partnership tax guru and Director of NYU’s graduate tax program. The interview spans the history of the program and contains many interesting current tidbits, including: • NYU has 120 full-time students and 300 part-time students in the graduate tax…