In December 2021, the America the Beautiful Interagency Working Group provided the first annual report on the America the Beautiful campaign (Year One Report). The report highlights efforts undertaken across the key areas identified in the original America
Colorado Open Lands and San Isabel Land Protection Trust announced a merger of operations effective December 31, 2021. The two land trusts have collaborated on a number of projects in the past, and the collaboration is taken to a new
On December 29, 2021, in Hewitt v. Commissioner, the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed the U.S. Tax Court’s decision regarding the proceeds clause set forth in Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.170A-14(g)(6)(ii). Numerous cases decided by the Tax
3D printers are already being used across industries to produce a number of products. A quick Google search provides an astonishing number of uses. One industry to keep an eye on is the housing industry and the use of
On October 15, 2021, the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) disclosed a copy of a communication in 202141022 suggesting that notification of the exercise or continuance of a use of land that pre-exists the donation
Short-term home rentals (“STRs”) are big business in the Colorado front range, both in places where they are currently allowed and those where they are not. In many cities, people are renting their residences on apps like VRBO and Airbnb,
One of the trickier aspects of First Amendment jurisprudence has always been deciding whether and when conduct receives constitutional protection. Regulations that involve words or speech are easy enough. But does the First Amendment protect the heap of garbage your
On July 30, 2021, the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 202130014 on the requirements of I.R.C. Section 170(h) and Treas. Reg. Section 1.170A014(g)(6)(ii) for an extinguishment proceeds clause in
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the City of Austin, Texas’s petition for writ of certiorari in a case that may determine the legal fate of states’ and local governments’ efforts to restrict billboard advertising.
In the case, which
The Metzler Property in Castle Rock, Colorado was preserved today through the generous donation by the Estate of Robert F. Metzler of 60 acres of land to the Town of Castle Rock and a conservation easement to Douglas Land Conservancy