Bill Wiggins

Bill Wiggins

  • Professor, Law
  • Gregory H. Adamian Professor of Law
  • J.D. Suffolk University
  • MST Bentley University
  • BS Bentley University

Teaching Interests

Environmental Law and Business Law

Research Interests

Environmental Law and Business Law

Bio

Professor of Law. Research focuses on the legal and ethical environment of business, and environmental law. Recent publications appeared in The Environmental Law Reporter, William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Virginia Environmental Law Journal, University of California Davis Business Law Journal, Brooklyn Law Review. Recipient of the Bentley University Gregory H. Adamian Teaching Excellence Award. Member, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Awards and Honors

  • Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
  • The Gregory H. Adamian Award for Teaching Excellence, Bentley University

    • Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

    Journal Articles

  • Wiggins, B., Salimbene, F. (2023). Unending Environmental Injustice: The Legacy of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act. Environmental Law Reporter 53 Envtl. L. Rep. (ELI) 10169
  • Wiggins, B., Salimbene, F. (2020). Transit-Oriented Development: The Quest for Sustainable Cities in the Age of the Automobile. William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 45 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 51
  • Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (2016). A Domestic Consequence of the Government Spying on Its Citizens: The Guilty Go Free. Brooklyn Law Review, (81) 2 627-672.
  • Wiggins, B., Alexander, M., Sulkowski, A. (2016). Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework. Virginia Environmental Law Journal Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 35:1
  • Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (2015). The Lure of Tax Revenue from Recreational Marijuana: At What Price. University of California Davis Business Law Journal, (15) 2
  • Hill, C., Rettig, C. P., Wiggins, W. P. (2012). Overview of Tax Practice and Procedure. Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, (14) 2 21 - 28.
  • Galliers, R. D., Wiggins, W. P. (2010). When Is a Business School a University?. Global Focus, (4) 2 52-55.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2010). Think Before You Sign: Implications of Code Secs. 7206(1) and 7207. Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, (12) 5 37 - 44.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2009). Worker Classification: A Call for Reform and Simplification. TAXES, (Vol. 87) No. 12
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2009). IRS Examination and Reconstruction of Income: Methods, Techniques and Taxpayer Rights. Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, (11) 3 (June - July) 51 - 64.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2008). Audit Reconsideration: An Effective, Low-Cost Means of Resolving Disputes with the IRS. Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure August-September 2008 41 - 51.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2008). Bargain Sales: Traps for the Unwary. TAXES, (86) 12 47 - 58.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2008). The Art of Preparing a Successful Written Protest. Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure April-May 2008 29-36.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2008). When Does a Bargain Purchase Become a Taxable Bargain Purchase?. TAXES, (86) 11 51 - 60.
  • Neiman, D. A., Wiggins, W. P. (2004). A Seminal Court Decision and Its Impact on the Financial Planning Community. The Planner, (13) 1 14 - 19.
  • Knutel, P. G., Wiggins, W. P. (2003). Managing the Familiar When Embarking on the Unfamiliar: A Strategy for E-Learning Success at Bentley College. MBAR Journal, (8) 1 33-38.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (1998). Taxpayer Relief Act Limits IRS's Ability to Revalue Gifts for Estate Tax Purposes. Massachusetts Bar Association Tax Section News, (15) 1 4-Jan.
  • Wiggins, W. P. (1998). Worker Classification: Review and Possible Revisions. Massachusetts Bar Association Tax Section News, (15) 2 4-Jan.
  • Wiggins, B., Granik, M. The Dismantling of Environmental Justice by the Trump Administration: What It Means for the Environmental Justice Community. (In Progress)

    • Books

  • Wiggins, W. P., Alexander, M. M., Ferrera, G. R. (2025). The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: An Integrated Approach , 4th edition Riverwoods, IL: Aspen Publishers (Forthcoming)
  • Ferrera, G. R., Alexander, M. M., Kirschner, C., Wiggins, W. P., Darrow, J. (2022). The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: An Integrated Approach, (2022) , Third 750. Riverwoods, IL: Aspen Publishers
  • Hill, C., Rettig, C. P., Wiggins, W. P. (2011). Tax Practice & Procedure , 1st Riverwoods, IL: CCH (a Wolters Kluwer company)
  • Ulric, G., Allan, O., Wiggins, W. P. (1993). Accounting Information Systems 904. Cincinnati, Ohio: South-Western Publishing Company
  • Ulric, G., Allan, O., Wiggins, W. P. (1993). Instructor's Resource Manual for Accounting Information Systems 454. Cincinnati, Ohio: South-Western Publishing Company
  • Ulric, G., Allan, O., Wiggins, W. P. (1993). Test Bank for Accounting Information Systems 392. Cincinnati, Ohio: South-Western Publishing Company

    • Conference Proceedings

  • Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (1964). “The Lure of Tax Revenue from Recreational Marijuana: At What Price?” Academy of Legal Studies in Business

    • Other Scholarly Work

  • Wiggins, W. P. (2024). How Business Law Can Help Drive Environmental Justice. Annual Conference of the Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Vancouver, Canada (Forthcoming).
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2023). The On-going Environmental Injustice of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act.‚Äù. Annual Conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Diego, California (Forthcoming).
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2022). Maine's New Extended Producer Responsibility Law for Packaging. Annual Conference of the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association (Forthcoming).
  • Salimbene, F. P. (2022). ‚ÄúEnvironmental Impacts of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act on Communities of Color: Where Do We Go from Here?‚Äù. Annual Conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (Forthcoming).
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2019). Transit-Oriented Development: The Quest for Sustainable Cities in the Age of the Automobile.. Annual Conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (Forthcoming).

    • Presentations

  • Wiggins, B., Granik, M. (2025). “The Dismantling of Environmental Justice by the Trump Administration: What It Means for the Environmental Justice Community” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Providence, RI
  • Wiggins, B., Smith, A. (2024). “Reimagining Legal Strategies to Achieve Environmental Justice: Empowering Communities through Transactional Lawyering” Presented at the Academy Of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference Washington, D.C.
  • Wiggins, B. (2024). “The Importance of Community for Business Law” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference Washington, D.C.
  • Wiggins, B. (2024). “How Business Law Can Help Drive Environmental Justice” Presented at the Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference Vancouver, Canada
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2023). “Extended Producer Responsibility and Environmental Justice: Coexistence or Collision Course?” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference San Diego, California
  • Wiggins, W. P., Salimbene, F. P. (2023). “The On-going Environmental Injustice of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference San Diego, California
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2023). “The Case for Holding Companies Accountable for Single-Use Plastic Waste: Internalizing Traditional Externalities” Presented at the Annual Conference of the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association Boston, Massachusetts
  • Wiggins, W. P., Salimbene, F. P. (2022). “Environmental Impacts of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act on Communities of Color: Where Do We Go from Here?” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference 2022 Louisville, Kentucky
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2022). “Maine's New Extended Producer Responsibility Law for Packaging” Presented at the Annual Conference of the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association Easton, Massachusetts
  • Wiggins, W. P., Salimbene, F. P. (2019). “Cities, Environmental Regulation, and Transit-Oriented Development” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2019 Annual Conference Montreal, Canada
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2018). “The Pervasiveness of Environmental Crime by Organizational Offenders: What Happened to Compliance and Ethics Programs?” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business 93rd Annual Conference Portland, Oregon
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2018). “Environmental Crime by Organizational Offenders: How Corporate Compliance & Ethics Programs Can Reduce Risk & Minimize Penalties” Presented at the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association Annual Conference Salem State University
  • Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P., Sulkowski, A. (2016). “Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework” Presented at the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association
  • Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (2015). “A Legislative Patchwork: Understanding Ad Hoc State Sustainability Efforts and the Need for a Cohesive Federal Policy”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2015). “The Rise or the Fall of the Commercial Marijuana Experiment: Nebraska and Oklahoma v. Colorado” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business 90th Annual Conference Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (2014). “The Lure of Tax Revenue from Recreational Marijuana: At What Price?” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Seattle, WA
  • Wiggins, W. P., Alexander, M. M. (2014). “Legally Effective Informed Consent: An Elusive Concept in Need of a Uniform Legal Standard” Presented at the The Academy of Legal Studies in Business 89th Annual Conference Seattle, WA
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2013). “Institutional Review Boards in Business Schools: A Role for LEB and Business Law Faculty” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 88th Annual Conference Boston, Massachusetts
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2012). “Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs: To Trust or Not to Trust the Internal Revenue Service” Presented at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 87th Annual Conference Kansas City, Missouri
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2009). “Assurance of Learning Initiative”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2009). “Atypical Employment Arrangements in the United States: A National Problem with Global Implications”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2009). “Challenges MBA Directors Face Today”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2006). “NEASC Fifth Year Reports: Best Practices”
  • Wiggins, W. P., Sheely, K. (2004). “Audit Reconsideration”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2004). “Clients Who Can't Pay You: How Tax Practitioners Can Untilize Low Income Tax Clinics”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2004). “Estate and Retirement Planning”
  • Wiggins, W. P., Nixon, M. R. (2003). “How to Develop an ESL Friendly Curriculum”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2003). “Managing State and Federal Differences in the Estate Tax”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2003). “New Directions in IRS Criminal Investigation”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2003). “Tax Controversies with the Internal Revenue Service”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2003). “Tax Law for the Poor”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2002). “Distance Education: Introducing Flexibility into Course Delivery”
  • Wiggins, W. P., Nixon, M. R. (2002). “How to Start and Run a Successful Low Income Taxpayer Clinic”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2002). “Planning for the Certainty of Death with the Uncertainty of the Tax Law”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2002). “What You Need to Know about Representing Your Client Before the IRS”
  • Knutel, P. G., Wiggins, W. P. (2001). “Offering Specialized Master's Degree Programs Online” Presented at the AACSB International 2001 Graduate Programs Conference Chicago, IL
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2001). “Major Changes in Estate Planning for Capital Accumulation”
  • Wiggins, W. P. (2001). “New Developments in the Audit Process”
  • Wiggins, W. P., Ulric, G. (2000). “Distance Learning at Bentley College”
  • Wiggins, W. P., Brown, C., Klein, L. A. (1990). “Personnel Selection by CPA Firms -- the On-Campus Interview” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute San Diego, CA
  • Wiggins, W. P., Klein, L. A. (1988). “Accountants Entering The Profession -- Hiring The Right Staff -- Changes For The Future”

    • Reviews

  • Wiggins, W. P., Salimbene, F. P. (2023). Unending Environmental Injustice: The Legacy of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act. , (Volume 53) Issue 3
  • Salimbene, F. P., Wiggins, W. P. (2020). Transit-Oriented Development: The Quest for Sustainable Cities in the Age of the Automobile. , (45) -1
  • Alexander, M. M., Sulkowski, A., Wiggins, W. P. (2016). Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework. , (35) 1 Jan-58.
  • Wiggins, W. P. The Business of Packaging: Why Mainstream Business in Maine Is No Longer Mainstream. (In Progress)

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Mentor (Faculty) for Tenure-Track Mentoring Circle Group 2023-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Hiring Committee - Lecturer Position 2023-07-01 - 2024-06-30
  • Committee Member for Hiring Committee - Tenure Track Position 2023-07-01 - 2024-06-30
  • Committee Member for Department Research Committee 2021-07-01 - 2022-06-30
  • Committee Member for Department Curriculum Revision Committee 2019-07-01 - 2020-12-31
  • Committee Member for Department Curriculum Committee 2016-01-01 - 2022-06-30
  • Committee Chair for Department Chair Search Committee 2012-11-01 - 2013-02-28
  • Committee Member for Department Recruiting Committee 2012-05-01 - 2012-12-31
  • Committee Chair for Adamian Professorship in Law Search Committee 2012-01-01 - 2012-04-30

    • Service: University

  • Committee Member for Curriculum Implementation Committee 2023-07-01 - 2024-06-30
  • Committee Member for Faculty Senate 2023-07-01 - 2024-06-30
  • Associate Dean for Research Council 2022-07-01 - 2023-06-30
  • Committee Member for Curriculum Task Force 5 2021-02-15 - 2022-06-30
  • Committee Member for New England Council on Higher Education (NECHE) Re-accreditation Task Force 2020-10-01 - 2022-03-31
  • Committee Chair for Business Dean Search Committee 2021-08-01 - 2021-11-30
  • Committee Member for Bentley Learning and Teaching Council 2019-07-01 - 2022-06-30
  • Committee Member for Salary and Benefits Committee 2019-07-01 - 2022-06-30
  • Task Force Member for Presidential Task Force on Restructuring Bentley's Office of the Provost 2019-05-10 - 2019-10-15
  • Committee Member for Information Technology Steering Committee 2013-09-01 - 2018-12-31
  • Committee Member for Institutional Review Board 2012-07-01 - 2022-06-30
  • Committee Member for Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee 2012-05-01 - 2017-06-30
  • Committee Member for Institutional Privacy Committee 2012-01-01 - 2017-06-30