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Couple sues closing attorney for failing to discover gas lease Monday, May 13, 2024 Four years after they purchased property in Virginia, a couple sued their closing attorney for legal malpractice, alleging the attorney’s title examination failed to discover and disclose a gas lease and the gas company’s plans for new drilling. |
Florida makes recording notification information confidentialMonday, May 13, 2024 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that provides that certain information submitted to the clerk of circuit court of property appraiser for the purpose of registering for a recording notification service is confidential and exempt from public records requirements. |
Organizations seek transparency in homeowners insurance data call Monday, May 13, 2024 Twenty consumer and housing organizations called on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to be more transparent about its homeowners insurance data call, agree to make the data available to the public and begin collecting this and more data on a regular basis.
The Bowtie Economist to share his forecast – and some laughs – at NS3Monday, May 13, 2024 Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D., chief economist at GraphsandLaughs, LLC, will share his passion and knowledge of the housing market and economy as a featured speaker at the National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in Naples, Fla.
Among the topics he plans to cover is the question he hears a lot: when will the Fed cut interest rates?
Subsequent owners seek to intervene in sheriff’s saleWednesday, May 8, 2024 The subsequent owners of property in Garfield Heights, Ohio, appealed the confirmation of a sheriff’s sale following a judgment in foreclosure. They also sought to intervene in the foreclosure action.
Court reinstates attorney fee award in Wawa data breach case Wednesday, May 8, 2024 As data and cyber security issues continue to rise, hackers use every opportunity to compromise private consumer data, and affected companies are left to clean up the damage. A case out of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania may be a good indicator on how courts are approaching settlements for these incidents, including how much the attorneys are paid.
A judge reinstated the attorney fee award given in a class action suit after it was vacated by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The judge who reinstated the $3.2 million award had been tasked with re-considering its reasonableness.
Read on for more details.
Louisiana DOI issues special assessment final rule Wednesday, May 8, 2024 The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a final publication to amend Rule 13, “Special Assessment to Pay the Cost of Investigation, Enforcement, and Prosecution of Insurance Fraud.”
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