Professor Emerita Leslie Levin has written a piece for the Brennan Center, a nonpartisan law and public policy institute working to protect and reform the American systems of democracy and justice. The article, “Legal Practice After Leaving the Supreme Court Bench,” addresses one of the concerns about term limiting U.S. Supreme Court justices as well as the largely unregulated activities of former Article III judges who leave the bench and re-enter practice.

Professor Richard Pomp was cited in a Tax Notes State article about California’s single-sales-factor apportionment system for manufacturers. The article references his expert testimony in the Smithfield case concerning how property, payroll, and sales factors can be used to more accurately reflect where business income is generated. The full article is available online.

Professor Richard Pomp was quoted in a Straight Arrow News article about state efforts to raise revenue through wealth taxes and similar proposals targeting wealthy residents. He discussed the role of wealth inequality in shaping the debate over these measures.

“The state will make its arguments, and then the taxpayer will respond,” Pomp said. “So, it’s going to be burdensome for both people, but in terms of the procedure in the first round, they have to show their cards by filing a non-resident return, and then the state challenges.”

The full article is available online.

Professor Richard Pomp was quoted in Tax Notes discussing Florida’s failed attempt at challenging California’s Apportionment Rule for taxation. Pomp notes that while the Supreme Court declined to hear the issue, the dispute is likely to be seen in other pending matters not yet made public.

Professor Jessica Rubin was awared the Association of American Law Schools Stephen Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award for a career dedicated to clinical and experiential teaching. The Law 360 article highlights Professor Rubin’s contributions to Desmond’s Law and clinical teaching. In the ABA article, Professor Rubin weighs in on the importance of the Animal Law Clinic and the benefits that it provides.

Professor Richard Pomp was called on to testify as an expert witness in Hologic Inc. et al. v. Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. The case deals with capital loss treatment and state tax in the case of combined corporate entities. Arguing for Hologic, Pomp states, “By establishing a special rule for capital losses, the state produces a result that is arbitrary, idiosyncratic, aberrational and inconsistent with any policy that justifies the use of a combined return.”