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Tax Prof speakers at last week’s ABA Tax Section Midyear Meeting in Houston (full program here): Linda Beale (Wayne State), Standards of Tax Practice Brad Borden (Brooklyn), Danshera Cords (Albany), Elaine Gagliardi (Montana), Michael Lang (Chapman), Charlene Luke (Florida), Roberta Mann (Oregon), Bruce McGovern (South Texas), Marty McMahon (Florida), Teaching…
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Applying to Top Law Schools Disserved Many in 2014
The American Lawyer: Applying to Top Law Schools Disserved Many in 2014, by Matt Leichter: [A]lthough the number of full-time applications predictably declined again at most law schools (7.6 percent), they conspicuously rose at many law schools at the top of U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings. Specifically, of…
Death of Robert Anthoine
New York Times Obituary: Robert Anthoine — renowned tax and arts law expert and enthusiastic supporter of the arts, died on January 23, 2015 after a brief illness. … He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1949 and returned there to teach in 1952. In 1963, he joined Winthrop, Stimson,…
Diamond: The Continuing Disconnect Between Law School Critics and Market Reality
Stephen F. Diamond (Santa Clara), The Continuing Disconnect Between Law School Critics and Market Reality: I just happened to notice that the law school critics continue to distort the findings of the Simkovic and McIntyre paper on the economic value of earning a JD. This paper sends a chill down…
Caron: Thomas Piketty and Inequality — Legal Causes and Tax Solutions
Paul L. Caron (Pepperdine), Thomas Piketty and Inequality: Legal Causes and Tax Solutions, 64 Emory L.J. Online 2073 (2015): Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century has acted as an accelerant fueling the fiery public debate over increasing inequality in America and around the world. Piketty makes the provocative empirical…
President Obama Proposes 19% Global Minimum Corporate Tax, 14% Tax on Offshore Profits
Bloomberg, Obama Said to Seek 19% Global Minimum Tax to Aid Road Fund: President Barack Obama will propose that U.S.-based companies pay a minimum 19 percent tax on their future foreign earnings, capturing profits that are now often beyond the government’s reach. Obama will also seek a 14 percent mandatory…
Former SMU Law School Dean Arrested on Prostitution Charge
Dallas Morning News, Former SMU Law Dean Arrested on Prostitution Charge: The former dean of the Southern Methodist Law school was arrested early Sunday on a prostitution charge, jail records show. John Attanasio, 60, was booked into the Collin County jail Sunday. He was released later that day after posting…
The IRS Scandal, Day 634
New York Post, ABCs of IRS Mess: Justice Department Is Tainted, Too: At her confirmation hearings Wednesday, Loretta Lynch said she’s only “generally aware” of the Justice Department’s investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups. As a service for our likely new attorney general, here’s a primer on why so…