Edward A . Morse, JD
McGrath North Mullin and Kratz Endowed Chair in Business Law
Professor
Prior to joining the Creighton faculty, Professor Morse was a law clerk for the Honorable Deanell R. Tacha of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and he was associated with the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan. He is admitted to the bars of Nebraska and Georgia (now inactive), and he is a CPA in Iowa.
Professor Morse’s scholarship focuses on taxation, technology, and regulation, often involving interdisciplinary collaboration. He also speaks and consults regularly on topics related to his research and teaching interests, including regular presentations for the
Great Plains Tax Institute, the Nebraska State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law. He currently serves as vice-chair of the ABA’s Cyberspace Law Committee.
Professor Morse’s teaching also reflects his commitment to integrating theory and practice in an interconnected environment. Current courses include Business Associations, Antitrust, Federal Income Taxation, Taxation of Business Enterprises, International Aspects of U.S. Income Tax, and Law and Economics. Guests and visitors in his courses include practitioners and other academics with expertise in accounting or economics, reflecting his commitment to equip Creighton law students with insights, critical thinking, and curiosity they will need for professional success
A more complete listing of his scholarship, teaching, and research interests can be found on his Curriculum Vitae or
SSRN page.
Curriculum VitaeResearch Focus
Taxation, Electronic Payments and Data Security, Regulation of Internet-based Activity, Health Care DeliveryDepartment
Law
Position
Professor
Books
- Morse Edward A., Electronic payment systems 2018
- Research Handbook on Electronic Commerce Law
Morse Edward A., Regulation of online gambling [Book Chapter] 2016 - Goss Ernest P., Right sourcing in Nebraska 2015
- RFIDs, Near-Field Communications, and Mobile Payments: A Guide for Lawyers
Morse Edward A., RFID applications in animal agriculture [Book Chapter] 2013 - Something Bigger Than Yourself: Essays in Honour of Richard De Mulder
Morse Edward A., Regulation, markets, and integrity [Book Chapter] 2011 - Uluslararasi Hukuk Kuraltayi
Morse Edward A., Projecting jurisdiction [Book Chapter] 2008 - LexisNexis Tax Advisor -- Federal Topical
Morse Edward A., Tax accounting periods and accounting methods for farmers [Book Chapter] 2007 - Morse Edward A., Governing fortune 2007
Presentations
- Morse Edward, What Father Flanagan meant by ‘No Bad Boys’ 2024
- Morse Edward A., Sound science and trade barriers 2007
- Morse Edward A., The Internet gambling conundrum 2007
- Morse Edward A., Technological entanglements 2006
- Morse Edward, Extraterritorial Internet gambling 2006
- Survey of tax issues surrounding death of a farm business owner 2022
- Electronic payments 2019
- Religious liberty panel (moderator) 2019
- China-U.S. culture panel 2019
- Immigration: Problem or solution? (panelist) 2019
- Projecting orthodoxy 2019
- Reclaiming social capital 2018
- Government regulation of international electronic payments 2018
- Important developments in federal income taxation 2018
- Reclaiming social capital 2018
- Reclaiming social capital 2018
- Reclaiming social capital 2018
- Private ordering together 2018
- Keidenran mission to the United States (moderator) 2018
- Highlights of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2018
- Assessing Abenomics 2018
- Private ordering together 2018
- You can only manage what you can measure 2018
- Private ordering together 2018
- Redeeming Society 2017
- Important developments in federal income taxation 2010
Articles
- The Nebraska Lawyer
Morse Edward, Adapting to innovation, p. 23 - 27 2022 - Legatus Magazine
Morse Edward A., Individual liberty during a crisis – a salute to federalism, p. - 2020 - The Nebraska Lawyer
Morse Edward A., Technology insights
23:3, p. 31 - 35 2020 - Business Law Today
Coder Jeremiah, The changing transnational tax environment, p. - 2019 - Legatus Magazine
Morse Edward A., Pro-life legal effort banishing false abortion mantra, p. - 2019 - Morse Edward A., Books for your edification and enjoyment 2007
- Goss Ernest P., Gambling interests crap out in 2006 elections 2007
- Morse Edward A., The conundrum of un-free trade 2007
- Goss Ernest P., Limiting casinos in Nebraska 2006
- Creighton Lawyer
Morse Edward A., Semper reformanda, p. 10 - 17 2006 - Morse Edward A., Dealing with 'globalization' 2006
- Goss Ernest P., Esclusive Indian casino could keep money here 2004
- Nebraska Lawyer
Morse Edward A., Tax planning for closely held businesses in light of the rate reductions in the JGTRRA of 2003, p. 5 - 10 2004 - Creighton Lawyer
Morse Edward A., Learning on the electronic frontier, p. 12 - 15 2001
Publications
- ISACA Journal
Raval Vasant, Working from home
5, p. 11 - 15 2020 - Computer Law & Security Review
Morse Edward A., From Rai stones to Blockchains
34:4, p. 946 - 953 2018 - Business Lawyer
Morse Edward A., SEC cybersecurity guidelines
73:1, p. 1 - 34 2017 - Business Lawyer
Morse Edward A., Navigating the perils of ransomware
72:1, p. 287 - 294 2017 - Morse Edward A., Unmasking liberalism 2016
- The John Marshall Law Review
Morse Edward A., Health accounts/arrangements
47:3, p. 990 - 1046 2014 - Business Lawyer
Rubens Jonathan T., Survey of the law of cyberspace
69:1, p. 183 - 187 2013 - Morse Edward A., Laws can shrink our sacred space 2013
- Creighton Law Review
Morse Edward A., Lifting the fog
46:2, p. 207 - 257 2013 - Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics
Mirkes Renée, Conscience and competing liberty claims
29:1, p. 23 - 39 2013 - Morse Edward A., Get serious about deficit spending 2012
- DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
Morse Edward A., Private ordering in light of the law
10:2, p. 213 - 265 2012 - Morse Edward A., Circus of payroll tax cut business as usual in D.C. 2011
- Morse Edward A., From private to public ordering 2011
- Morse Edward A., Wealth disparities price of progress 2011
- Lydian Journal
Morse Edward A., The FACTA the matter, p. 15 - 19 2011 - Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective
Morse Edward A., Market price effects of data security breaches
20:6, p. 263 - 273 2011 - Morse Edward A., Tax hikes during recession deserve careful scrutiny 2010
- European Journal of Consumer Law
Morse Edward A., Free trade and consumer protection
2010:2, p. 289 - 304 2010 - Lydian Payments Journal
Morse Edward A., PCI DSS and the legal framework for security
1, p. 31 - 45 2010 - Business Lawyer
Morse Edward A., Survey of significant developments in Internet gambling
65:1, p. 309 - 316 2009 - International Advances in Economic Research
Goss Ernest P., Have casinos contributed to rising bankruptcy rates?
15:4, p. 456 - 469 2009 - Morse Edward A., Judicial fiat should not be last word 2009
- Morse Edward A., Shrinking of health care makes Obama plan flawed 2009
- Akron Tax Journal
Morse Edward A., Whistleblowers and tax enforcement
24, p. 1 - 36 2009 - Oeconomica
Morse Edward A., Not letting a good crisis go to waste, p. 41 - 61 2009 - Goss Ernest P., Despite pain, an auto bailout is ill-advised 2008
- Computer Law & Security Report
Morse Edward A., PCI DSS
24:6, p. 540 - 554 2008 - Morse Edward A., Speculation and commodity prices 2008
- International Journal of Intercultural Information Management
Morse Edward A., Extraterritorial Internet gambling
1, p. 33 - 48 2007 - Journal of International Computer Law andTechnology
Morse Edward A., Technological entanglements
2:2, p. 94 - 104 2007 - Computer Law & Security Report
Morse Edward A., The Internet gambling conundrum
23:6, p. 529 - 536 2007 - Journal of International Trade Law & Policy
Morse Edward A., Sound science and trade barriers
6:1, p. 1 - 12 2007 - Morse Edward A., Farming programs full of entanglements 2006
- Journal of Taxation of Investments
Morse Edward A., Income averaging
22, p. 303 - 322 2005 - DePaul Law Review
Morse Edward A., Travails of the entrepreneurial ant
50:1, p. 49 - 110 2000 - Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
Morse Edward A., Reflections on the Rule of Law and clear reflection of income
8:3, p. 445 - 539 1999 - Morse Edward A., Several possible surprises in 413 1998
- Creighton Law Review
Morse Edward A., State taxation of Internet commerce
30:4, p. 1113 - 1167 1997 - Florida Tax Review
Morse Edward A., Demystifying LIFO
2:10, p. 559 - 629 1995 - University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Morse Edward A., Mediation in debtor/creditor relationship
20:2, p. 587 - 615 1987
Awards
Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation
Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation- Veritas Award
Recognition for Pro Bono work on behalf of the Thomas More Society, a public interest law firm based in Chicago
Thomas More Society