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Conservation Easements
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PropertyProf Blog
McLaughlin on Condeming Conservation Easements
By propertyprof
Nancy A. McLaughlin (Utah) has posted Condemning Conservation Easements: Protecting the Public Interest and Investment in Conservation on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The public is investing substantial financial and other resources…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Deduction for Conservation Easements Extended
On Thursday Congress passed HR 2419, overriding the President's veto. HR 2419 began as the Farm Bill and was renamed the Food, Conservation and Energy Act in the final version. …
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
CRS Release Legal Analsysis of Proposed Conservation Easement Tax Credit
The Congressional Research Service has issued a legal analysis of the proposed Conservation Easement Tax Credit in the 2007 Farm Bill. Download it here: Download conservationeasements.rtf . Deductions for the…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nancy McLaughlin Posts “Conservation Easements: Perpetuity and Beyond” on SSRN
Professor Nancy McLaughlin (Utah) posted an abstract of her draft Ecology Law Quarterly article about conservation easements on SSRN's Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Abstracting Journal. The article is entitled "Conservation…
PropertyProf Blog
McLaughlin on Conservation Easements
By propertyprof
Nancy A. McLaughlin (Univ. of Utah) has posted Conservation Easements: Perpetuity and Beyond on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Perpetual conservation easements are intended to protect the particular land they encumber for…
Land Use Law Blog
Conservation Easements and the Subdivision Map Act
By William W. Abbott The California Attorney General was recently asked whether or not the grant of a conservation easement on a portion of a parcel constituted a "division" for…
PropertyProf Blog
Korngold on Conservation Easements
By propertyprof
Gerald Korngold (Case Western) has posted Solving the Contentious Issues of Private Conservation Easements: Promoting Flexibility for the Future and Engaging the Public Land Use Process on SSRN. Here's the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Conservation Easement CLE
The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education is sponsoring a teleconference on January 23, 2007 entitled Expand Your Estate and Tax Planning Practice--Conservation Easements and the Pension Protection Act of…
PropertyProf Blog
Preservation Covenant at Carter’s Grove Plantation
By propertyprof
This morning's Seattle Times has this story about the sale of Carter's Grove Plantation near Williamsburg. It has closed because of declining attendance and is now going on the market. …
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Conservation Easements — The Turner and Glass Cases
Prof. Wendy Gerzog (University of Baltimore School of Law) has recently posted an article entitled Conservation Easements Under Turner and Glass on SSRN. It was originally published in Tax Notes,…