By Professor Jennifer Wriggins
Domestic violence continues to be a huge problem in the United States, and it causes harm to survivors that is mostly uncompensated; the number of lawsuits seeking recovery for harms caused by domestic violence is minuscule. [Read more]
By Associate Dean Jeff Maine
The Biden administration is looking for ways to close the wealth gap and raise revenue. In addition to raising corporate taxes, the administration is also taking a close look at the taxation of property at death. Read More.
By Professor Jeff Thaler
With apologies to Sigourney Weaver and Mel Gibson, when their movie[1] came out in 1982 did anyone envision how an invisible virus like COVID-19 could shut the world down almost 40 years later? Nor, 30 years later, did more than a few people know what “Zoom” meant other than from Roadrunner cartoons. Read More.
By Professor Jeffrey Maine
I love country music. Especially old country music…from the ’70s! So you can imagine how intrigued I was 15 years ago when the powerful country music industry, on behalf of its songwriters, successfully lobbied Congress for a special tax break. Basically, songwriters get to enjoy the benefit of a low “capital gains” tax rate on gains from sales of their songs. Read more.