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Boise to Leave Case Western for DePaul

Posted on December 12, 2008
Craig M. Boise is leaving Case Western to join DePaul as a tenured member of its faculty and Director of its Graduate Tax Program. This is a major coup for DePaul, as Craig has established himself as one of the...

California Appoints Commission to Modernize State Tax Law

Posted on December 12, 2008
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders yesterday announced the formation of a 12-person Commission on the 21st Century Economy, charged with making recommendations by April 15, 2009, on ways to modernize the state tax structure and reduce the volatility...

Proskauer Rose Loses NYC Tax Appeal

Posted on December 12, 2008
In re Proskauer Rose v. Tax Appeals Tribunal of the City of New York, 2008 NY Slip Op 09707 (App. Div., 1st Dep't Dec. 11, 2008) (citations omitted) Determination of respondent Tax Appeals Tribunal of the City of New York,...

NJ Lifts U.S. News Survey Gag Order on Judges; Will It Help or Hurt NJ Law Schools?

Posted on December 12, 2008
I previously blogged the 2004 directive (12-04) issued by the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, ordering all New Jersey state court judges to refrain from filling out the reputational survey for the U.S. News law school rankings. The...

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Jury Gets Case in Trial of Remaining Four KPMG Tax Shelter Defendants

Posted on December 12, 2008
The Associated Press reports that jurors began their deliberations yesterday in the trial of the remaining four defendants in the KPMG tax shelter case (David Greenberg (KPMG), John Larson (KPMG), Robert Pfaff (KPMG) & Raymond J. Ruble (Brown & Wood)).

Congress Eases Pension Funding, Distribution Rules in Light of Stock Market Crash

Posted on December 12, 2008
The House and Senate have passed the pension technical corrections bill, H.R. 7327, the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008. President Bush is expected to sign the bill. Among other provisions, the bill suspends the 50% excise tax...

Auerbach, Devereux & Simpson: Taxing Corporate Income

Posted on December 12, 2008
Alan J. Auerbach (UC-Berkeley, Department of Economics), Michael P. Devereux (University of Oxford, Centre for Business Taxation), and Helen Simpson (University of Bristol, Centre for Market and Public Organisation) have posted Taxing Corporate Income (NBER Working Paper No...

Tax Analysts Hosts Conference Today on The Transition From GAAP to IFRS

Posted on December 12, 2008
Tax Analysys hosts a conference today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on U.S. Transition to IFRS: What It Means for Tax Policy: Join us for a discussion of what U.S. plans to move from Generally Accepted Accounting...

Tax Research Presentations

Posted on December 12, 2008
University of Oklahoma Library Faculty have posted the following tax research presentations: Legal Research: Nonprofit Organizations, by Jennifer Gerrish Legislative History Sources for Federal Tax Law, by Darin Fox Tax Procedure: Online Research, by Darin Fox (Hat Tip: Jon Forman...

Galle: The LDS Church, Prop 8, and Federal Tax Law

Posted on December 11, 2008
Brian D. Galle (Florida State) has posted The LDS Church, Proposition Eight, and the Federal Law of Charities, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. ___ (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This brief Commentary considers the merits of the argument...

Stark Presents Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism Today in Buenos Aires

Posted on December 11, 2008
Kirk J. Stark (UCLA) presents Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism at a conference on Federalism, Fiscal Citizenship and the Tax System today in Buenos Aires, Argentina, sponsored by the Agencia de Recaudacion de Buenos Aires.

Hess & Sparrow: Developing Law Faculty as Teachers

Posted on December 11, 2008
Gerald F. Hess (Gonzaga) & Sophie M. Sparrow (Franklin Pierce) have published What Helps Law Prpfessors Develop as Teachers?? An Empirical Study, 14 Widener L. Rev. 149 (2008). Here is the Conclusion: What are the most effective faculty development activities?...

Duquesne Dean Resigns After Given 24-Hours Notice to Resign or be Fired; Tenure Battle, Lack of Faculty Scholarship Cited as Reasons

Posted on December 11, 2008
Duquesne Dean Don Guter, given 24 hours to resign or be fired, has opted to step down after only three years in his deanship. Guter, a 1977 graduate of the school, is a retired Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General, and...

Tax Provisions in Auto Bailout Bill

Posted on December 11, 2008
The House yesterday released the legislative text of the auto bailout bill (H.R. 7321), which contains two tax provisions: Section 18 makes the Treasury Department the guarantor of sale-in/lease-out tax shelters between investors and state and local governments...

The Ultimate Faculty Citation Ranking

Posted on December 11, 2008
Here. (Hat Tip: Dan Filler.)

Call for Papers: Philanthropy Law in the 21st Century

Posted on December 11, 2008
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel has issued a call for papers for a symposium on Philanthropy Law in the 21st Century at Chicago-Kent on October 23, 2009: The symposium will be organized around three panels, and the...

China to Tax Virtual Worlds

Posted on December 11, 2008
BBC, Slapping a Tax on Playtime CNet News, China to Tax Virtual Goods CNet News, Death and Taxes in Virtual Worlds The Guardian, China's Virtual Goods Tax Wired Blogs, China Details New Virtual Goods Tax

Princeton Settles Robertson Family's Lawsuit Over Use of Endowment Intended for Wilson School

Posted on December 10, 2008
Settlement Agreeement Princeton Press Release Associated Press Bloomberg Chronicle of Higher Education Daily Princetonian Newark Star-Ledger Nonprofit Law Prof Blog

Bird & Zolt: Tax Policy in Emerging Countries

Posted on December 10, 2008
Richard M. Bird (Toronto) & Eric M. Zolt (UCLA) have posted Tax Policy in Emerging Countries on SSRN. Here is the abstract: We consider in this paper how emerging countries may in practice best design and develop tax policies, given...

Executive M.B.A. Rankings by Return on Investment

Posted on December 10, 2008
Today's Wall Street Journal ranks executive M.B.A. programs by their return on investment: To determine which schools provide the best return on investment, we dived deeper into the data we collected for The Wall Street Journal's Sept. 30 ranking of....

A Better Big Three Bailout: 0% Capital Gains Tax on Investments in Auto Industry

Posted on December 10, 2008
Op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal: Let's Cut Cap-Gains Taxes on Auto Investments; Then the Private Sector Can Do the "Bailout," by Jared Polis: Our United States Congress of lawyers, doctors, diplomats, retired military officers and career politicians -- along...

Alfieri Criticizes Carnegie Report

Posted on December 10, 2008
Anthony V. Alfieri (Miami) has posted Against Practice, 107 Mich. L. Rev. ___ (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay examines the theory/practice dichotomy in legal education through the prism of the Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers: Preparation for...

Korb to Join Sullivan & Cromwell

Posted on December 10, 2008
In today's Wall Street Journal Tax Report: The IRS's Chief Counsel will leave next month to join Sullivan & Cromwell. Don Korb, IRS chief counsel for more than 4� years, will become a partner of the law firm and head...

Motro: Labor, Luck, and Love: Reconsidering the Sanctity of Separate Property

Posted on December 10, 2008
Shari Motro (Richmond) has published Labor, Luck, and Love: Reconsidering the Sanctity of Separate Property, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1623 (2008). Here is the Conclusion: An extreme example of the poisonous effects of imbalances in husbands? and wives? financial...

Big 3 Auto Rescue Bill Bails Out Transit SILO Tax Shelters

Posted on December 10, 2008
Sentate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley yesterday issued a press release protesting the inclusion of a transit SILO tax shelter guarantee in the pending Big 3 automobile bailout bill: Senator Chuck Grassley said proposed legislation to help American automakers...

IRS Offers Tips for Year-End Charitable Donations

Posted on December 10, 2008
IRS Offers Tips for Year-End Donations (IR-2008-138): Individuals and businesses making contributions to charity should keep in mind several important tax law provisions that have taken effect in recent years. For additional information on charitable giving, see: IRS website, Charities...

Taxes on Tax-Exempt Bonds

Posted on December 10, 2008
Andrew Ang (Columbia Business School), Vineer Bhansali (Managing Director, PIMCO) & Yuhang Xing (Rice University, Jones School of Management) have posted Taxes on Tax-Exempt Bonds (NBER Working Paper No. 14496) on NBER. Here is the abstract: Implicit tax rates priced...

Economists Ranking by Citation Counts

Posted on December 10, 2008
Dan Ben-David (Tel Aviv University, Eitan Berglas School of Economics) has posted Ranking Israel's Economists on SSRN. Here is the abstract: One of the more important measures of a scholar's research impact is the number of times that the scholar's...

Death of Oliver Oldman

Posted on December 09, 2008
Oliver Oldman, Expert in International Tax, 1920-2008 (Harvard Law School press release): Oliver Oldman ?53, Learned Hand Professor of Law Emeritus, died on December 5, 2008, at the age of 88. Educated at Harvard College (S.B. 1942) and the Harvard...

New York Law School Data

Posted on December 09, 2008
As part of its NYLJ 100 issue, the New York Law Journal has published this interesting chart with data on the 15 New York Law Schools, including: Number of full-time students (largest: NYU (1,424); smallest: CUNY (412)) Percentage of minority...

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