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You may be concerned about taxes that will be due at your death.  Before you worry too much about taxes, you should understand the various types of tax that can apply, and whether they will apply to you. Federal Estate Tax.  There is a federal estate tax that applies at death.  However, there is an […]

On April 19, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB24-1098 into law. The new law went into effect upon Governor Polis’ signature, due to the general assembly determining the law was necessary to protect public peace, health, and safety. That law is also known as the For Cause Eviction Law and it essentially prevents landlords […]

The Business Attorneys at Lyons Gaddis have been advising our clients to take a slow approach to the required Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filings for existing businesses.  With regulations changing regularly late into 2023, we advised clients to see how the new filing system works once others began filing on a large scale after January […]

By: Megan Henderson Starting January 1, 2024, if you own a small business or just an LLC that owns one piece of property, you will be required to comply with a new federal law: The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA” for short). Failure to comply with the CTA can lead to civil and criminal penalties. We […]

By: Brian L. Allard In 2023, the Colorado legislature passed seven bills related to residential landlord-tenant laws. Two Colorado court cases were also decided in 2023, which have impacted residential landlord-tenant actions. The following is a list of all the new landlord-tenant laws with their effective dates, a general description of the new requirements, and […]

LYONS GADDIS PROJECT UPDATE

Barefoot Lakes Lyons Gaddis represents Brookfield Residential and its affiliates in connection with the 1,300 acre Barefoot Lakes master planned community located adjacent to the St. Vrain River and immediately east of I-25 in Firestone, Colorado. With over 1,000 homes already built or under construction, when completed, Barefoot Lakes will contain a new residential community […]

Lyons Gaddis COVID-19 Alert This Alert is one in a collection of articles created by Lyons Gaddis in our effort to get important information to our clients regarding the effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States.  This Alert focuses on small business owners who are dealing with closures and other challenges […]

Some of the most contested lawsuits pit neighbor against neighbor, arguing over who owns what small strip of seemingly valueless land. Sometimes one neighbor argues the fence is a foot over the lot line; other times, a neighbor puts up a fence in the middle of the night. Tensions flare, and weeks later, everyone is […]

Eve Canfield is a board member of Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley.  She wrote an amicus brief on behalf of five nonprofit organizations in support of a victim of domestic violence that left her home state and came to Colorado with their child, in Parocha v. Parocha, No. 17SC406. The amicus brief contributed to […]

Lyons Gaddis is pleased to announce that Cameron A. Grant has been elected as the firms’ new Managing Shareholder, effective July 1, 2016.  Mr. Grant succeeds Anton V. Dworak, who served as Managing Shareholder for 8 years, and joins his colleague, Catherine A. Tallerico, on the firm’s Management Committee.  During Mr. Dworak’s tenure he oversaw […]

Blizzard? What Blizzard?

Our enterprising (and athletic) attorneys find a variety of ways to keep working despite the major snowstorm to hit the Colorado front range this week.  Some work from home, others test their snow tires, but a brave and healthy few turn the storm into the first official Lyons Gaddis Ski to Work Day. Photo and […]

So, Now You Are a Winner? Submitted by Cameron Grant. Do not deny it.  You have already thought through (at least briefly) what you would do if you won the estimated $1,500,000,000 PowerBall jackpot.  Yes, that is $1.5 BILLION.  Would you start by buying yourself some new toys?  That Ferrari?  A new house?  Heck, how […]