by mia-joan | Dec 2, 2022 | News
By Benjamin L. Monarch, Garfield & Hecht, P.C. In the mid-to-late 1800s a series of laws were passed that became collectively known as the Homestead Acts. The general purpose of the Homestead Acts was to distribute federal land to private citizens to establish and...
by mia-joan | Oct 17, 2022 | News
The United States Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate commerce between the states.[1] For more than 150 years, the United States Supreme Court has recognized that grant of power to contain a silent, negative implication known as the “Dormant Commerce...
by mia-joan | Jul 6, 2022 | News
By: Christine Gazda, Garfield & Hecht, P.C. Meetings of local public bodies are governed by the Colorado Open Meetings Law (“OML”). C.R.S. § 24-6-401 et seq. Though amended over the years, the purpose of the OML has remained constant – “that the formation of...
by mia-joan | Dec 27, 2021 | News
By John D. Belkin, Garfield & Hecht, P.C. The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) imposes a tax on capital gains recognized by foreign persons from the sales of real property interests located in the United States. Where the seller...
