Faculty

On May 1, Professor Carlton F.W. Larson gave the keynote lecture at “The Impact and Heritage of Treason” conference at St. Antony’s College at Oxford University.

Larson’s talk was titled “Treason in Modern America.”

Professor Carlton F.W. Larson appeared on the April 28 episode of the Sidebar by Courthouse News podcast. 

Listen to the episode, titled “Across the Pond.”

On April 29, Professor Darien Shanske spoke before the Pennsylvania House Finance Committee in favor of a bill that would tax revenue derived from digital advertising platforms.

Read the press release.

Professor Darien Shanske  spoke to Bloomberg Tax  for a May 1 story on the potential influence of a California court ruling that shrinks Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.’s franchise tax liability.

Professor Darien Shanske spoke to the San Francisco Business Times for an April 24 story on empty downtown San Francisco office buildings that sold for far less than their previous value but have been reassessed at a much higher taxable value.

An April 28 Sacramento Bee story quoted Professor Darien Shanske regarding a California bill aiming to draw billions more in taxes from multinational corporations.

Shanske spoke to lawmakers about the bill, the Bee reported, telling them that “California will only ever tax the portion of sales into California.”

Professor Nila Bala commented in a May 14 story in The Guardian centered on parents being prosecuted in school shootings perpetrated by their children. 

The story mentions the murder conviction earlier this year of a Georgia father whose son killed four people and the groundbreaking 2024 case of a Michigan couple convicted of involuntary manslaughter in their son’s deadly shooting.

On April 20, Professor Shayak Sarkar presented his 2024 California Law Review article “Internal Revenue’s External Borders” at the NYU Tax Policy Seminar.

Focused on the Internal Revenue Service’s growing role in immigration enforcement, the article has been cited by parties in ongoing litigation against the IRS, including in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Professor Darien Shanske collaborated on a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed piece and spoke to the San Jose Mercury News about the proposed California “billionaire’s tax” ballot initiative that he helped draft.

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt commented in a May 8 story in The Guardian on former California State Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Sonoma County Democrat running for Congress in Northern California’s first district. Maguire could be competitive in the historically Republican district, which was redrawn by California’s Proposition 50 to favor Democrats.