A new report released Tuesday from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas links racially discriminatory redlining practices to today's vacant and abandoned properties in Black and brown communities. To do so, her office examined the decades-old redlining maps and then compared them to the locations of properties listed in the county's scavenger sales.

Today, the Fourth Judicial District Court granted the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance’s (CSI) motion to place Western Title & Escrow (WTE) under the control of a court appointed receiver, Martin S. King of Worden Thane P.C. WTE is owned and operated by Julie Leary (Leary) and was authorized to sell title insurance policies through subsidiaries of Fidelity National Financial (Fidelity).

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the leadership of Director Rohit Chopra seems destined to be as active as it was under former Director Richard Cordray. And the bureau has not disguised any of its targets, or its desire to expand its reach.

The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Insurance today provided notice of the adoption of amended regulation 8-1-2 Title Insurance Consumer Protection. The regulation now includes a reporting requirement if a title entity fails to issue a policy within the regulatory time frame of 90 days. The regulation will become effective on September 14, 2022.

As we continue our conversation with former ALTA CEO Michelle Korsmo, who now leads the National Restaurant Association, FNF's Linda Grahovec delves deeper into the importance of association engagement. Korsmo shares what leaders can do to provide value for members, and her task of supporting over 500,000 member restaurants across the nation.

Those who continue to be horrified by Broadway National Bank, Trustee v. Yates Energy Corp. should be relieved that the result in Endeavor Energy Resources, LP v. Anderson was more equitable. In Yates, the Texas Supreme Court held that Texas Property Code Section 5.029 permitted original parties to a conveyance to execute a correction deed without notice to or joinder of the current owners when the original grantees no longer owned the property.

The Adams administration said Friday it is taking a hard look at the city’s Third Party Transfer (TPT) program after the U. S. Southern District Court of New York rejected a second city appeal against Black and Hispanic property owners seeking millions of dollars in restitution for property seized under the controversial program.

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Estate planning is important no matter the size of your estate. Properly planning your estate will allow you to be in control of who inherits your assets, who raises your children, and who is in charge of administering your estate. Without an estate plan your assets will pass according to Arkansas law and the court will appoint individuals to raise your children and administer your estate. Estate planning puts you in control.

Bridget Hubing, a shareholder with Milwaukee’s Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, successfully represented firm client WFG National Title Insurance Company in the Marinette County Circuit Court and before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III for a case that will have a major impact on the title industry.

How many of you remember Section 138509 of the Ways and Means Committee’s markup last September of what would have been the Build Back Better Act? (A moment of silence, please.) Allow me to jog your memory. Its heading read as follows: “TEMPORARY RULE TO ALLOW CERTAIN S CORPORATIONS TO REORGANIZE AS PARTNERSHIPS WITHOUT TAX.”[i]

On May 27, the California Privacy Protection Agency released its draft regulations for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The agency was required to adopt final regulations by July 1, 2022 – nearly six months before CPRA is set to go into effect on January 1, 2023. However, the final regulations have been stalled and they will likely not be issued until later this Fall.

What are my rights if my neighbours are undertaking building work which will affect my land? In Western Australia, under the Building Act 2011 a person responsible for work must ensure that the work does not adversely affect land beyond the boundaries of the works land or encroach onto the neighbouring land unless: The owner or owners of the land that may be adversely affected consent to the work being done; or The person responsible for the work obtains a court order from the Magistrates Court and the work is done in accordance with that order.

Many of my generation will recall the former Lands Department, Land Valuation Department, Titles Office, and Survey Department, all agencies of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ). Given their commonalties, in terms of association with land, these agencies were prime candidates for the Public Sector Modernissation Project for Jamaica.

Over the past dozen years, Sanford Solny has built a New York real estate empire, snatching up small residential buildings across the city that churn out hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent. His portfolio would be enviable but for one thing — much of it, prosecutors and homeowners contend, was stolen. 

A ferocious community fight on the slopes of Diamond Head may be coming to a close. The dispute over one of the area’s main thoroughfares unfolded in an exclusive enclave of multimillion-dollar single-family homes and an interior cluster of about 400 more modest apartments and condominiums, in a residential area nestled along Kapiolani Park.

For agents interested in growing their business by expanding into multiple states, we’re here to make the process simple and profitable. We offer you one point of contact to streamline your options and solutions.

In 1803, the United States of America purchased 828,000 square miles of adjoining territory for 3 cents per acre; France received US$11,250,000; and both parties were delighted. This is an analysis of the Louisiana Purchase from a real estate lawyer’s perspective.

The Dutch municipality of Baarle-Nassau is home to more than 20 Belgian enclaves, some of which contain Dutch enclaves.

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Whatever happened in the woods that day changed Alan forever.

A nearly decade-long battle to honor the Brooklyn-born hip hop group the Beastie Boys on a Manhattan corner has, at last, succeeded. Since 2014, fans of the three-man rap crew have been pushing for pols to rename the Lower East Side corner at Ludlow and Rivington streets “Beastie Boys Square.” Previous attempts have been unsuccessful, but this Thursday the New York City Council approved it.