February 28, 2022
On Monday, February 28, the Center on Tax Law is hosting a (virtual) conference titled, 鈥淭ax Lawmaking During Times of Uncertainty.鈥 The speakers include a fantastic mix of academics, current and former government officials, and folks in private practice. The conference is entirely on Zoom, and the program is below.
February 28, 2022
On Monday, February 28, 2022, the 麻豆视频 Law SF Center on Tax Law will (virtually) host a conference on tax lawmaking. Our keynote speaker will be Rebecca Kysar, counselor to the assistant secretary of tax policy. Panel titles include 鈥淭he Tax Legislative Process: Reconciliation, Budgeting, and More,鈥 鈥淭ax Practice Perspectives…
February 25, 2022
When she was growing up, Debra Bogaards 鈥81 remembers her family鈥檚 Friday night Shabbat dinners included donating to a favorite charity each week. The Jewish idea of Tzedakah, a Hebrew word that is used to refer to charity or philanthropy, stuck with her as she grew up. She said, 鈥淚t…
February 25, 2022
Students in 麻豆视频 Law SF’s First Gen program celebrate the program’s kickoff in February. 麻豆视频 Law SF kicked off its First Generation Program 鈥 which celebrates and supports law students who are the first in their families to go to college and now attend law…
February 4, 2022
Stop by the library to borrow the latest additions to our Popular Fiction collection: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham Anthem by Noah Hawley Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho How High We Go…
Evergreening is a strategy used by pharmaceutical companies to extend the life of their drug patents and monopoly periods by obtaining additional protections, often based on minor modifications. This searchable drug patent database reports patent extensions by pharmaceutical companies from 2005 to 2018 on brand-name drugs, listed in the…
February 1, 2022
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) says goodbye to it’s longtime Director. Emerita Clinical Professor, and now former Director of CNDR, Sheila Purcell retired on January 31, 2022, after almost 10 years leading the Center and teaching at 麻豆视频 Law SF. Professor Purcell took over in…
February 1, 2022
鈥淲henever there is a blockbuster drug, there are disputes about who owns it, who owns variations of it, who owns it for how long, and in what context,鈥 Professor Robin Feldman told CNBC News in their story about COVID vaccines and how patent disputes…
February 1, 2022
Join us in celebrating Black History Month!聽 Read a biography on Thurgood Marshall or an account of the origins and legacy of MLK’s “I have a Dream” speech. 聽For more in-depth research, check out the library’s Racial Justice Research Guide. The guide connects law students and…
January 26, 2022
Professor Heather Field posted聽How the Pandemic Flipped My Perspective on Flipping the聽Tax聽Law Classroom聽(forthcoming in Pittsburgh聽Tax聽Review) on SSRN.
January 25, 2022
As historian Matthew Guariglia researches his latest book about the history of race, policing, and surveillance, he is struck by how little has changed in more than a hundred years. 鈥淲hile all the technology policy use has changed, what we ask the technology to do has not…
January 21, 2022
Professor Heather Field Presented聽Taxpayer Choices, Itemized Deductions, and the Relationship between the Federal & State聽Tax聽Systems,聽at an SMU Dedman School of Law Faculty Forum.