The Scenic Route: Updates and Insights on Conservation Law
Controversial Conservation Easement Statute Civil Code Section 815.11 Resurrected as Public Resources Code Sections 4751 – 4752
Back in 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a lengthy bill entitled “Wildfires,” which modified and adopted many California code [...]
Will New California Civil Code Section 714.6 Affect Your Conservation Easement?
Starting on January 1, 2022, new California Civil Code section 714.6 will impact whether a conservation easement or other [...]
Deemed Approval and Amendments: Revisiting Safe-Harbor Clauses in Deductible Conservation Easements
Over the last several years, the IRS has challenged a number of conservation easement deductions and has continued to conjure [...]
Restoring Tribal Access to Land: A Menu of Options to Reestablish Cultural Access Rights
Restoring access and cultural rights to Indigenous tribes is a hugely important endeavor to start correcting the historical wrongs inflicted [...]
Notable Takeaways in the IRS’s Conservation Easement Audit Guide
The IRS and folks working in charitable conservation transactions are certainly being kept on their toes with all of [...]
IRS Issues Updated Form 8283 for Charitable Contributions
The IRS gifted us with a new, slightly reformatted and reorganized Form 8283 in December, although the substance is not [...]