Aaron Sibarium (Washington Free Beacon), 13 Federal Judges Say They Will No Longer Hire Law Clerks From Columbia University, Citing ‘Virulent Spread of Antisemitism’ and ‘Explosion of Student Disruptions’: Thirteen federal judges said Monday that they would no longer hire law clerks from Columbia College or Columbia Law School after ..read more

Wall Street Journal, Reclassifying Marijuana Could Unlock Billions in Tax Savings for Cannabis Companies: Many U.S. cannabis businesses could become profitable for the first time if the Biden administration follows through on its plan to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. That is because the change could lift a ..read more

Symposium, The New AI: The Legal and Ethical Implications of ChatGPT and Other Emerging Technologies, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 1785-2012 (2024): Deborah W. Denno (Fordham; Google Scholar) & Erica Valencia-Graham (Fordham), Foreword, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 1785 (2024) Abdi Aidid (Toronto), Toward An Ethical Human-Computer Division Of Labor In Law ..read more

New York Times Op-Ed: It's Time to Tax the Billionaires, by Gabriel Zucman (Paris School of Economics & UC-Berkeley; Google Scholar): Until recently, it was hard to know just how good the superrich are at avoiding taxes. Public statistics are oddly quiet about their contributions to government coffers, a topic ..read more

Above the Law has announced the six finalists in its 15th Annual Law Revue Video Contest, with entries from students at Columbia, George Washington, Northwestern, NYU, Tulsa, and Virginia law schools. My two favorites are: NYU: Virginia: See all six finalists and vote for your favorite here by Friday, May ..read more

Today's Columbia Tax Workshop is being held at its Manhattanville Campus: Kimberly Clausing (UCLA; Google Scholar), Capital Taxation and Market Power Discussant: Wojciech Kopczuk (Columbia; Google Scholar) In recent decades, market power has increased substantially, according to multiple measures that describe industry concentration, mark-ups, and business profitability. While market power ..read more

ABA Journal, Less Litigation, More Practical Skills In Law School Needed, Junior Associates Say ABA Journal, Slate For 2024-2025 Term Announced By ABA Legal Ed Section Nick Allard (Dean, Jacksonville), Envisioning and Delivering Artful Legal Education Bloomberg Law, Underdog Law School Fills Legal Void in Booming Florida City Brooklyn Daily ..read more

The ABA Tax Section held its 2024 May Tax Meeting (program) last Thursday-Saturday. A highlight was Friday's Teaching Taxation program on Taxing Litigation Finance: Third-party litigation funding has rapidly grown in recent years. Policy discussion on the proper tax treatment of the parties involved, however, has fallen by the wayside ..read more

Jonathan Adler (Case Western), Ben Sasse on Speech and Protest at the University of Florida Jonathan Adler (Case Western), WSJ: How Campus Anti-Israel Protestors Were Encouraged and Trained By Outside Activists Vikram David Amar (UC-Davis) & Alan Brownstein (UC-Davis), Why Even Ostensibly Peaceful Expressive “Encampments” at Universities Are Not Immune ..read more

Chronicle of Higher Education, This Under-the-Radar Pay Model Puts a Dollar Amount on Class Size: Donna Bain Butler, an adjunct professor in world languages and literatures at Delaware State University, was surprised to learn this semester that she would be receiving a pay cut after the university decided to pay ..read more