US Supply Networks: Implementing one Process for NAICS
The COVID crisis has highlighted and elevated to the national conversation a number of challenges. To name a few: How to increase tax revenue to meet budget shortfalls? How to reduce unemployment? How to make “local” and regional economies more resilient? How to increase domestic production of “essential” products? How will global trade be impacted […]
Transforming Our Cities After the Pandemic: Urban Planning
Across the nation, elections at the Federal, State, and City level are fast approaching. It is time we start thinking seriously about our future. The last few months should have made you acutely aware that your choices at the ballot box will have a lasting impact on the future of the entire nation. Our collective […]
What Should We Be Asking the Candidates: Cybersecurity?
Elections are fast approaching – and it is time to prepare. If the last several months have taught us anything, it is that our choice at the ballot box will have a lasting and meaningful impact on our future. It will directly influence policy direction, the development of laws and bylaws, and ultimately the shape […]
One America
Stand Beside Her, And Guide Her, Through the Night, With a Light From Above. America – the land that we love – is in desperate need for some guidance. And in a manner unique to America – she is starting to get it. Over the last few weeks Americans – native, black, brown, asian, white, […]
Making Real Change After the Protests
Many people have been taken aback by the sheer intensity of the protests raging across our great nation. Yet, in my opinion, they should be viewed as a necessary step in the right direction. While I certainly do not condone senseless violence, the time of sitting in quiet ignorance has come to a close. Kneeling […]
Now Is the Time to Make A Change
Current opinion As many of you reading this would be aware, I am lawyer. For me being a lawyer is more than just a job, career, or profession. It is an integral part of my identity. It is a part of who I am. Interestingly, there are many paradigms in which people like me can […]
Des Moines startup wants elected officials’ phones to ring off the hook
Phonebank.org helps individuals and organizers engage supporters through Congressional calling campaigns. Most Americans have never made a call to their member of congress. In fact, most probably wouldn’t even know how to get started. Enter Phonebank.org, an activism-focused startup that helps individuals and smaller non-profit groups launch governmental calling campaigns. And as of earlier this month, […]
The Pipeline
Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor, who are both lawyers and energetic organizers on behalf of Democratic causes, opened their triplex penthouse in the West Village the other evening to host Karen Middleton, the president of Emerge, a San Francisco-based organization that offers training and support for Democratic women running for office. Middleton is considering starting […]
Featured Alumnus: Virginia Davies (’79)
“Coming back to the law school has been extraordinary. Intellectually, it’s wonderful to be here.” So says Virginia Davies, Class of ’79, with great animation as we sip a cup of breakfast tea in her sunny midtown Toronto home. Indeed, after chatting amiably for over an hour, it’s hard to imagine Davies as less than […]
Policy Forum: The Fifth Protocol to the Canada-US Income Tax Treaty and the 2006 US Model Treaty—How Do They Compare?
The Fifth Protocol to the Canada–US tax treaty, signed in September 2007, represents one of the most significant updates to the cross-border tax framework in decades. In this article, Virginia Davies, Janice McCart, and Willard Taylor compare the protocol with the 2006 US Model Treaty, highlighting key differences in areas such as permanent establishments, business […]