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A fresh idea for the consumer financial services industry

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I have been thinking about what the banking and consumer financial services industry might do to deter state attorneys general and banking agencies from seeking to enforce statutes or promulgating regulations that run afoul...more

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442 Congress members did NOT join anti-arbitration letter to CFPB

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Recently, 93 members of Congress (all Democrats) signed a letter in support of the pending Petition for Rulemaking filed by consumer advocacy groups in September that would prohibit pre-dispute consumer arbitration clauses...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 7, 2020

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Real Property Update - Fraudulent Transfer: Real property that was worth less than mortgage encumbering it was not an asset per the plain language of section 726.102(2) and, therefore, could not support fraudulent transfer...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 15, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Notice: Mail log sufficient evidence to establish mailing of notice to borrower of default and possibility of foreclosure – Stacknik v. U.S. Bank, N.A., No. 2D18-2156 (Fla. 2d DCA Nov....more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending September 27, 2019

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Real Property Update - Construction Lien: a delinquency charge of 1.5 percent found in materialman's contract with general contractor is not a finance charge recoverable under the materialman lien statute, Florida Statutes...more

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Real Property & Financial Services Update: Week Ending June 14, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Business Records / Hearsay: trial court abused its discretion in excluding collection notes into evidence where witness sufficiently laid predicate for admissibility of these records -...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending June 7, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: owner of property subject to mortgage at the time the complaint and lis pendens were filed had standing to dispute legal sufficiency of proof of amount due where owner was...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 29, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Attorneys' Fees: borrower not entitled to attorneys' fees for prevailing on lender's claim for reformation of mortgage, where lender prevailed on claim of foreclosure without...more

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Court Compels Discovery, Awards Sanctions In Dispute Over Whether Reinsurance Arbitration Clause Applies

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In 2011, Top’s Personnel entered into a reinsurance agreement with Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company (“AUCRA”), and several years later executed a promissory note (“the Note”) in favor of a related entity,...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending October 6 & 13, 2017

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE - Ad Valorem Taxes: land lease holders are considered equitable owners of land for tax purposes if land lease renews automatically and is perpetual; owners of condominium...more

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