2021 may be the year the IRS dramatically increases partnership tax audits. By Brad H. Hamilton. On September 1, 2020, as a first step in its stated intention to increase Partnership audits in 2021, the Internal Revenue Service added a new section, BBA Centralized Partnership Audit Regime, on its website at IRS.GOV. BACKGROUND Before January… Read more »
We live our lives surrounded by the law. Attorney Marika Rietsema Ball believes there are practical aspects to how the law interacts with our lives each and every day. It is with this understanding that Marika set foot on the path to a career in law that has led her to Jones & Keller P.C…. Read more »
Jones & Keller assisted financial services company Midwest Holding Inc. (MDWT) in its public offering on the NASDAQ. The Lincoln, Nebraska, based company offered $70 million in the offering of 1,000,000 shares of voting common stock. Midwest Holding offers annuity products through independent distribution channels and reinsurance arrangements in the United States. Reid Godbolt, Samuel Wing and David Thayer with Jones… Read more »
By Brad Hamilton and Marika Rietsema Ball On January 1, 2021 the United States Senate voted to override the Executive veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which was previously overridden by the U.S. House of Representatives, thereby passing into law the anti-money laundering reforms in that act, including the Corporate… Read more »
Jones & Keller is pleased to announce that Reid Godbolt has been listed among Denver’s 2021 Top Lawyers by 5280 Magazine for securities law. Lawyers listed are selected through a process of peer recommendations, extensive research and interviews. The list covers 50 legal practice areas and includes only those attorneys 5280 regards as the “most skilled… Read more »
Jones & Keller would like to welcome Marika Rietsema Ball as an associate to the firm. Marika acts as a “legal middleman” between a client’s ideas and the final product that achieves the client’s goals in business practice areas, including securities, finance and general business matters. Her analysis of statutory impact and the attendant language… Read more »
Women In Law – On the Record speaks with U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Alia Moses and Nicole Westbrook, her former law clerk and litigation shareholder at Jones & Keller in Denver. They both emphasized the importance of preparation, advocacy and hard work. Listen in: Women in Law OTR with Judge… Read more »
By Nicole Westbrook for NITA. Hefty trial loads — and potentially, the weighting of cases — may be on the court case docket in Colorado, 2021. The justice system is weighted down by a backlog that grows larger by the day. Even while the courts struggled to ease their doors open this fall, the recent… Read more »
By Brad H. Hamilton and Marika Rietsema Ball. On November 2, 2020 the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) made several helpful changes to its securities private placement and “Reg A” regulatory scheme that will assist start-ups, and small and growing businesses in offering securities and raising money from investors. The SEC also made practical… Read more »
By Dave Thayer, originally featured in Wealth Management. The generational transition of a family-owned business is rarely a clean and simple process, and not all businesses succeed. Learn about how to increase the odds by addressing key factors for family business survival. The generational transition of a family-owned business is rarely a clean and simple… Read more »