Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein was featured in Forbes regarding his commentary as part of a Tax Notes Talk podcast on taxing cryptoassets. The article titled "Cryptoassets And State Taxation" was published 11/28/23.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured on San Francisco’s KCBS Radio regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. The segment titled “Arguments begin tomorrow in landmark Supreme Court case about trial by jury” was hosted by Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas and aired 11/28/23.
Brock Professor Nathan S. Chapman was featured on Salon.com regarding the 2020 election interference case. The article titled “‘They want them to squirm’: Experts say Fulton DA not offering plea deals signals bad news for Trump” was written by Areeba Shah and published 11/28/23. The article was reprinted by other media outlets including MSN.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published “State Taxation of Cryptoassets: Key Concepts and Emerging Guidance" in 110 Tax Notes State 627 (2023) (with A. Appleby).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein’s treatise State Taxation was extensively quoted in a concurring opinion in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision in Zilka v. Tax Review Board City of Philadelphia (Nov. 22, 2023) regarding Commerce Clause restraints on the state taxation of the personal income of residents working and taxed in local jurisdictions in other states.