William A. Drennan

Publications

• R.I.P.—A Financial Incentive to Protect Your Cadaver?
  129 PENN ST. L. REV. 667 (2025) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2025
• Restricting Funeral Expense Deductions
  126 DICK. L. REV. 429 (2022) · Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present) · 2022
• Contract Law’s “Too Good to Be True” Doctrine—Is It?
  75 SMU L. REV. 273 (2022) · SMU Law Review · 2022

• Contracts of the Dead and Boilerplate
  69 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 603 (2019) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2019
• Contracts of the Dead: When Should They Haunt the Living?
  49 N. M. L. REV. 1 (2019) · New Mexico Law Review · 2019
• Conspicuous Philanthropy: Reconciling Contract and Tax Laws
  66 AM. U. L. REV. (2017) · American University Law Review · 2017
• Charitable Pledges: Contracts of Confusion
  120 DICK. L. REV. 477 (2015) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2015
• Charitable Pledges: Contracts of Confusion
  120 PENN ST. L. REV. (2015) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2015
• Promoting Health with Sports: When Should Nonprofits Qualify for Tax Benefits?
  68 SMU L. REV. 469 (2015) · SMU Law Review · 2015
• Should Organizations Promoting Dangerous Sports Enjoy Maximum Tax Benefits?
  51 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 509 (2014) · San Diego Law Review · 2014
• JOKING, EXAGGERATING OR CONTRACTING?
  88 TENN. L. REV. (2012) · Tennessee Law Review · 2012
• WHERE GENEROSITY AND PRIDE ABIDE: CHARITABLE NAMING RIGHTS
  80 U. CIN. L. REV. (2012) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2012

• Strict Liability and Tax Penalties
  62 OKLA. L. REV. (2009) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2009
• The Patent Office Is Promoting Shocking New Tax Loopholes—Should the Empire Strike Back?
  60 OKLA. L. REV. 491 (2007) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2007
• The Patented Loophole: How Should Congress Respond to this Judicial Invention?
  59 FLA. L. REV. 229 (2007) · Florida Law Review · 2007
• Changing Invention Economics By Encouraging Corporate Inventors to Sell Patents
  58 U. MIAMI L. REV. 1045 (2004) · University of Miami Law Review · 2004
• Charitable Donations of Intellectual Property: The Case for Retaining the Fair Market Value Tax Deduction
  2004 UTAH L. REV. (2004) · Utah Law Review · 2004
• It Does Not Compute: Copyright Restriction on Tax Deduction for Developer’s Donation of Software
  5 FLA. TAX REV. (2002) · Florida Tax Review · 2002