I previously blogged (here, here, here, here, and here) the AALS’s decision to move all AALS events at the January 2009 annual meeting out of the Manchester Grand Hyatt because the owner of the hotel, Doug Manchester, had made a…
Written by Paul Caron on August 28th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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David B. Resnik (East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine), Christina Gutierrez-Ford (University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine) & Shyamal Peddada (National Institute of Health) have published Perceptions of Ethical Problems with Scientific Journal Peer Review: An…
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Ruth Mason (UConn) has posted Efficient Management of the Wealth of Nations, 120 Tax Notes ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This comment considers arguments for and against stricter regulation of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), either by tightening…
Written by Paul Caron on August 27th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Tom Bell (Chapman), featured in yesterday’s front page Wall Street Journal article, Law School Rankings Reviewed to Deter “Gaming,” has published the Z-Scores in his model of the 2009 U.S. News Law School Rankings: U.S. News & World Report publishes…
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If your tax bric-a-brac tastes are more low-brow than yesterday’s Form 1040 Puzzle, you can bid on your very own roll of Form 1040 toilet paper: Does it pain you to fill out a tax form each year? Does knowing…
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Following up on yesterday’s post on the front page Wall Street Journal article, Law School Rankings Reviewed to Deter “Gaming,” by Amir Efrati: David Bernstein (George Mason), WSJ Article on Law Schol Rankings Carolyn Elefant (Legal Blog Watch), U.S. News…
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A California activist is trying to gather the 694,354 signatures needed to place a tax initiative on the ballot that would: Impose a new 35% income surtax (in addition to federal taxes and the existing 10.3% top state rate) –…
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The 5th Circuit on Monday sided with the 11th Circuit and the taxpayer in the long-running Ballard - Kanter - Lisle saga in Lisle v. Commissioner, No. 07-60862 (Consolidated with 07-60863 & 07-60864) (5th Cir. Aug. 25, 2008): In this…
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The ABA Tax Section offers a teleconference and webcast today on Carried Away: A Discussion of the Current Tax Treatment of “Carried” Interests and the Prospects for Change from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST: This panel will discuss a wide…
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