Taxing Internet Purchases
In January 2012, Professor Richard Pomp traveled to Iceland to confer with government officials about challenges they face collecting a value-added tax on items purchased outside the country via the Internet.
Watch an interview with Professor Pomp on Kastljós, Iceland's equivalent of 60 Minutes.
Professor Pomp is the Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law. He is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan and a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He has taught at Harvard, NYU, Texas, and Boston College. In addition, he has been a Distinguished Professor in Residence, Chulalongkorn Law School, Bangkok, Thailand, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Tokyo Law School and at Harvard Law School.
From 1981 to 1987, Professor Pomp was director of the New York Tax Study Commission, a period during which New York restructured its personal and corporate income tax, and created an independent tax tribunal. Professor Pomp serves as an expert witness in various courts throughout the country and as a litigation consultant to law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and state tax administrations. He has participated in various capacities in Supreme Court litigation.
Professor Pomp currently serves on the State of California's Commission on the 21st Century Economy.
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On February 15, Professor Dalié Jiménez will present "Exploring the Emergence of Finance Companies" at the Bankruptcy Success Modeling Conference at the UCLA School of Law.
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On February 9, Professor Hillary Greene will present 'The Role of the Competition Community in Promoting Innovation" at an international conference at Nagoya University entitled International Issues Relating to a Pro-Innovation Patent System and Competition Policy.
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Members of the Law School community are invited to a Lunar New Year Celebration on Wednesday, February 13. RSVP is required.
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On February 11, Professor Alexandra Lahav will be a featured speaker at "The New Class Action Landscape," a continuing legal education course being offered by the Boston Bar Association.
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The Law School will return to normal operations on Tuesday, February 12. Classes will resume as scheduled.
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On February 9, Richard Wilson will deliver a keynote address at a conference on "Disasters, Displacement and Human Rights: Framing the Field" at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville.
