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Property Taxes and Unusual Conditions

USA - June 7 2023 In October of 2022, the Colorado Court of Appeals, Division VII rendered an opinion in MLS Properties LLC v. Weld County Board of Equalization. While…

Golden Considers New Regulations in Furtherance of its “Roadmap to Net Zero Buildings”

USA - May 1 2023 As part of its “Roadmap to Net Zero Buildings,” the City of Golden is currently considering proposed regulations to achieve its goal of 100%…

Colorado House Passes, Senate Considers Repeal of Rent Control Prohibition

USA - March 31 2023 February and March were active months for the Colorado House of Representatives with respect to attempted reforms of current landlord/tenant laws in…

Navigating Denver’s Natural Gas Restrictions

USA - March 28 2023 In November 2022, Denver City Council passed the “Energize Denver” ordinance, which established a phased rollout of restrictions on the installation…

Wage Theft Ordinance Passes in Denver

USA - February 3 2023 On Monday, January 9th, 2023, the Denver City Council voted to pass a new wage theft ordinance, which provides greater authority to the City…

Seventh Circuit: Madison, Wisconsin’s “Advertising Sign” Regulation Passes Constitutional Muster after City of Austin

USA - January 13 2023 The first Federal Circuit Court opinions applying Reagan National Advertising of Austin, Inc. v. City of Austin are flowing in, and local governments…

Federal District Court: No Preliminary Injunction to Prohibit Fargo from Excluding Adult Toy Store Downtown

USA - December 31 2022 The Federal District Court for the District of North Dakota last week denied a request for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the City…

Affordable Housing in Denver’s Capitol Hill Neighborhood

USA - October 31 2022 In October 2022, I participated in an Urban Land Institute Colorado walking tour in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood exploring different types of…

A New Federal Ruling Outlines Limits to Short Term Rental Regulation

USA - October 27 2022 A new ruling out of the Fifth Circuit is likely to have significant impacts on the ways that municipalities may regulate short term rental properties…

The LIBOR Act: A federal legislative solution for legacy contracts as LIBOR ends

United Kingdom - July 14 2022 As we originally reported in our September 2018 Otten Johnson Alert, the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), once the primary benchmark used for…