Foreclosure / Modification Agreement: Lender was entitled to judgment of foreclosure upon proving borrower made three payments before breaching the loan modification agreement – Carus v. VRMTG Asset Tr., No. 3D20-1355 (Fla. 3d DCA Sept. 29, 2021).

As the Biden administration pushes ahead with an effort to combat global corruption, its primary focus is on a U.S. Treasury Department process to create a registry of the individuals behind legal entities, according to a senior official who spoke last week during an anti-money laundering (AML) conference here.

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center for Justice announced the Mobile Basin Heirs’ Property Support Initiative, a two-year program designed to help historically underserved families in Mississippi protect and keep their forestland; build generational wealth; and promote productive, sustainably managed forests.

Private transfer fees affecting more than 100 Denton homes were ruled invalid by a Denton County judge last month. But the practice has brought in billions of dollars from homeowners across the United States, according to its top originator, and in Denton County, hundreds more of the covenants remain unchallenged — and likely undetected — by homeowners.

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, announced that the ALTA Registry, the national database of title and settlement agents, added a new feature that allows companies to quickly provide errors and omissions (E&O) policy information to underwriters.

The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second District, Montgomery County, recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of a title agency, finding that although a contract had been entered into between the plaintiffs and the title agency, the plaintiffs did not suffer any damages as a result of the title agency’s failure to include a lien on the closing settlement statement

Farm leases are a common occurrence on land being developed for solar and wind energy projects, due to the size and rural nature of land sought for development. While title searches will discover written leases that are made of record with the county clerk, farm leases are often verbal “handshake” agreements, meaning they go undetected during a standard title search.

In Helms v. Hanover Insurance Group Inc., the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona weighed in on the issue whether a professional liability policy provided insurance for a fraudulent wire transfer. This decision is not the first to tackle this issue, and like the other opinions issued across the country, Helms demonstrates that the answer to this somewhat thorny question depends heavily on the specific policy wording at issue.

In Munden v. Stewart Title Guar. Co., ---F.3d--- (9th Cir. August 13, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, applying Idaho law, reversed in part, and affirmed in part, the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of two title insurers, Stewart Title Guaranty Company (“Stewart”) and Chicago Title Insurance Company (“Chicago”), in connection with the defense of the property owners', Dennis and Sherrilyn Munden (“Mundens”), title relative to the use of a gravel road located on their property in Idaho

Suit disputes ownership of nine-acre Cleveland Avenue fields.

Fences may make good neighbours but not when they can't agree on where the fence should be located.

This is the story of the mastermind behind one of the largest "fake news" operations in the US. For two years, he ran websites and Facebook groups that spread bogus stories, conspiracy theories, and propaganda. Under him was a dedicated team of writers and editors paid to produce deceptive content—from outright hoaxes to political propaganda—with the supreme goal of tipping the 2016 election to Donald Trump.

The Most Rev. Terry Lavalley, Bishop of Ogdensburg, approached Deacon James Carlin at one of his Deaconate Program classes a year ago. “He said, 'What do you think about the opportunity to be ordained with your son?'”

The financial world is an unpredictable beast that can see fortunes raised or ruined in a matter of minutes. Investors often look to sages like Warren Buffet for advice. But maybe they should be consulting with a hamster instead.

The financial world is an unpredictable beast that can see fortunes raised or ruined in a matter of minutes. Investors often look to sages like Warren Buffet for advice. But maybe they should be consulting with a hamster instead.

The decades-long conflict between the United States and Soviet Union was called the Cold War, but on Long Island the battle ran hot. In 1960, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stayed in a Glen Cove mansion during his visit to the UN, the locals seethed.

Creation of the Ashokan Reservoir displaced 2,300 Catskills residents 100+ years ago, leaving bitter memories for descendants

By combining random elements of a livingroom, a utility room, a hallway, and a staircase, mankind finally created the Livingway Stairtility Room.