Fall 2011

Loyola Law School’s Tax Policy Colloquium meets on Mondays from 12:00 to 2:00 pm in Room G-202 (Girardi Advocacy Center, second floor, Courtroom of the '90s). Faculty members from other law schools are welcome. Lunch is provided. RSVP to Bridget Klink at 213.736.1407 or Bridget.Klink@lls.edu.

 Date

Speaker 

Topic 

Commentator 

 9/12 Susan Morse, UC Hastings  Tax Imperialism Anders Christiansen, Loyola-LA
 9/19 Steven Dean, Brooklyn Fragile Fiscal Chains: Budget Accountability and Fiscal Arbitrage Darien Shanske, UC Hastings
9/26  Victor Fleischer, University of Colorado Do Elite Tax Lawyers Create Value? An Empirical Study of Tax Receivable Agreements Sarah Lawsky, UC Irvine 
 10/3 Alice Abreu, Temple Defining Income Julie Manasfi, Whittier
 10/17 Ruth Mason, University of Connecticut Delegating Up Kirk Stark, UCLA
 10/24 Calvin Johnson, University of Texas Taxing GE and Other Masters of the Universe Edward Kleinbard, USC, fmr Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation
 10/31 Lily Kahng, University of Seattle & Mary Louise Fellows
University of Minnesota/ New York Law School
Costly Mistakes: Undertaxed Business Owners and Overtaxed Workers Thomas Griffith, USC
 11/7 Joshua Blank, NYU In Defense of Individual Tax Privacy Nathan Hochman, Bingham, fmr Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, DOJ
 11/14 Douglas Shackelford, University of North Carolina (Business) Does Financial Constraint Affect Shareholder Taxes and the Cost of Equity Capital? Arnold Harberger, UCLA (Economics)
11/21  Nancy Staudt, USC Corporate Tax Abuse in Court  Michael Desmond, Bingham, fmr Tax Legislative Counsel