February 01, 2022
A real estate company can be forced to forfeit money it made promoting conservation easement transactions in a purported $3 billion syndicate scheme, the U.S. government told a Georgia federal court, rejecting arguments that disgorgement isn't available to the government.
December 13, 2021
A real estate company shouldn't have to forfeit money made from marketing conservation easement transactions the government argues were abusive, it told a Georgia federal court in a $3 billion dispute, arguing disgorgement isn't available under federal tax law.
September 08, 2021
A real estate company and appraiser will have to wait two more years to defend themselves at trial from the government's 2018 suit over an alleged $3 billion abusive easement scheme after a Georgia federal judge scheduled trial for 2023.
July 16, 2021
The U.S. government should be compelled to hand over all the documents it is withholding from a real estate company in a $3 billion conservation easement case, the company told a Georgia federal court.
July 06, 2021
A property appraiser accused by the federal government of helping orchestrate a $3 billion conservation easement tax scheme can sue the government claiming it wrongfully disclosed his taxpayer information, a Georgia federal judge said Tuesday.
July 01, 2021
A Georgia federal judge on Thursday extended discovery deadlines by 20 days in a $3 billion conservation easement dispute after a real estate company and appraiser accused the U.S. government of needlessly prolonging the case.
June 30, 2021
A Georgia federal court shouldn't prolong a $3 billion conservation easement dispute that has been running for over two years by acceding to the U.S. government's request for a discovery deadline extension, an appraiser and real estate company said.
April 12, 2021
An appraiser the Internal Revenue Service accused of taking part in an abusive conservation easement scheme worth some $3 billion was permanently barred by a Georgia federal judge Monday from participating in easement deductions.
November 09, 2020
The U.S. government Monday amplified its suit in a federal court accusing a Georgia real estate company and several individuals of illegally generating more than $2 billion in conservation easement tax deductions, adding 40 more transactions it said were abusive.
August 24, 2020
A conservation easement appraiser accused by the government of promoting abusive schemes lost his bid Monday in a Georgia federal court to countersue the government for what he says were privacy violations.