Professor Deborah Geier has published “Indexing Basis for Inflation: The Intractable Problem of Debt” at 156 Tax Notes 507 (2017) in response to an earlier piece suggesting that asset basis of certain assets (but not others, including debt) be indexed for inflation in measuring taxable gain or deductible loss for Federal income tax purposes. Tax Notes is available online only to subscribers, but a pdf copy of the piece can be accessed here:

Tax Notes 7-24-2017

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, appeared on the BYU Public Radio public affairs show “Top of Mind,” to discuss a proposed federal antitrust exemption. The new law would permit news organizations to bargain collectively with Google, Facebook, and other online platforms for a bigger slice of online ad revenues. You can hear audio of the segment here.

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, appeared on the Fox Business program Neil Cavuto Coast to Coast today to discuss antitrust obstacles to the pending Amazon/Whole Foods merger. You can watch the clip here.

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, appeared on “Air Talk,” a current affairs program on the Southern California public radio station KPCC, to discuss a new bill proposed by the newspaper industry. The law would exempt them from antitrust for the purpose of bargaining collectively with Google, Facebook, and like firms over online ad revenue.

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, wrote in today’s Slate magazine about antitrust components contained in the congressional minority leadership’s mid-term election blueprint, which they’ve called “A Better Deal.” You can read his piece here.

Professor Deborah A. Geier has published “A Tribute to Professor Erik Jensen” at 67 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 649 (2017). Professor Geier was a tax student of Professor Jensen at Case Western Reserve School of Law, and she wrote this piece as part of a Festschrift published in his honor by CWRU’s law review to celebrate him upon his retirement. You can access a pdf copy of the piece here: http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2017/07/tribute-to-erik-jensen.html.

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, wrote in Slate this week on Amazon’s proposed acquisition of the grocery chain Whole Foods. He discusses antitrust aspects of the deal, and asks whether the Trump administration could or should challenge it. You can read the article here.

Professor Deborah Geier participated in the WCPN/90.3 morning show, “The Sound of Ideas,” on June 19, to discuss Ohio tax policy.  The program is available here.