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2021 Florida Legislative Update
Legislation is constantly changing and may impact your practice. This program highlights some of the more relevant legislation enacted during the 2021 legislative session.
An in-depth summary of the more relevant laws is provided to members for legislation enacted in the 2021 legislative session that may be of interest or affect the practice of real estate in Florida.
The live presentation highlights a few of the more relevant laws and provides a deeper dive into their content and impact on your practice.
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Anirban Basu and the Chamber of Data
At last, 2021 is here. This presentation supplies economic data and analysis juxtaposing the pre-pandemic and pandemic world, and then supplies a forecast for the post-pandemic one. Among the areas of focus are labor markets, financial markets, real estate, construction, consumer spending, business investment, international trade and government finances.
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Data Privacy Incident Prevention: What Every Attorney Should Know
As massive data breaches make headlines and companies of all sizes are falling victim to cyberattacks, attorneys need to be aware of the cybersecurity threats to their firms’ data, how to respond to them, and their legal notification obligations. This presentation will discuss data privacy and security incident trends, the impact of “Work from home” on cybersecurity, the legal landscape of Florida’s privacy and security laws, recent regulatory enforcement actions, and best practices.
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De-Mystifying Real Estate Transactions in Distressed or Insolvency Situations
This presentation will help real estate professionals recognize situations where special considerations are warranted to properly advise clients who are involved in or considering involvement in real estate transactions arising in bankruptcies, foreclosures, receiverships, and going concern circumstances.
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| General Counsel’s Perspective
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Getting to Yes: Mediation & Settlement Agreements
Practical tips regarding mediations. The presentation will include pointers on how to best achieve a settlement at mediation; how to properly memorialize a settlement agreement; and what happens when the settlement is later challenged.
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Happiness for Lawyers Guaranteed... or Your Misery Back!
Join veteran attorney and motivational speaker Mark Eiglarsh on a journey of self-discovery, well-being, and tactile steps in reaching greater happiness, contentment and spiritual well-being.
Mark Eiglarsh, a formerly unhappy guy, made a career out of solving everyone’s problems but his own. Now, this successful criminal defense attorney, television and radio on-air legal expert, adjunct law professor, devoted husband, and proud father has reclaimed his happiness. Mark has passionately made it his life mission to share with others how they can lead happy, healthy and successful lives, in spite of whatever challenging circumstances they may be facing. His unique formula causes audience members to have reduced stress, increased sales and productivity, and better tools to assist in obtaining their goals. He dazzles audiences with his infectious enthusiasm, unique humor and heartfelt authenticity. Mark, a transformative speaker, provides people accessible tools to overcome stress, focus their mind, and improve their relationships at work and home. He’s guaranteed to make you laugh & feel inspired.
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Homestead Tricks and Traps: The Sneaky Chameleon
Florida lawyers and title insurance practitioners must often interpret the homestead protections found in the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes. This presentation will discuss caselaw surrounding homestead exemptions, spousal homestead waiver, the criterion for claiming any one or more exemptions, the portability of tax savings, whether married Floridians residing separately can claim more than one homestead exemption, and the effect of divorce on the sharing of portable tax savings.
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Hot Land Use Topics in 2021 for Real Estate Attorneys: Redevelopment, Exactions, and Wetland Permitting
This presentation features current land use issues in repurposing and redeveloping properties with a focus on local government exactions and fees. This program will also highlight the impact of the 2020 federal agreement to delegate to FDEP the authority to issue wetland permits under the federal Clean Water Act.
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I’m Just a Form: The Ins and Outs of Becoming a Form, New Forms, and Forms to Come
Forms are the basis of coverage and exclusions provided by a title insurance policy. This presentation will open the door to the process by which new forms are made available in Florida and discuss new changes that have already occurred and forms that are anticipated in the near future.
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New RESPA… Same as the Old RESPA Real Estate Settlement Protection: Latest Guidance and Case Law
The Federal RESPA law guides the legal obligations for lawyers and lay settlement agents when providing real estate settlements, business arrangements and fees. This session will review the latest guidance, cases and enforcement actions concerning RESPA and how they potentially apply to different business practices.
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Overview of Hot Topics Facing Real Estate Agents & Brokers
Chief Legal Counsel for the MIAMI Association of REALTORS® will provide a brief overview of some hot topic areas in the real estate professional industry including recent changes to the NAR Code of Ethics, Fair Housing, FR/BAR Contract considerations, and the REALTOR® complaint process including the distinction between filing a complaint with your local Association vs. FREC.
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Quiz on Recent Real Property Case Law
A review of cases summarized in The Fund Concept. The presentation will highlight particular cases of interest, and the materials will include all cases reviewed in the past year.
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RON & Digital Closings: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
The convergence of the pandemic with the advent of remote notarization in Florida has ignited the movement towards fully digital closings. This presentation summarizes where matters stand presently and where they might be heading.
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Shifts in the Claims Climate as a Result of COVID-19
Elsa Camacho and Megan Solomon spill the tea with real examples of particular claims and ways to avoid them.
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Title Attorneys’ Toolbox: Ways to Fix Common Title Defects
Take a tour of the resources that Fund underwriting attorneys use every day to respond to the thousands of calls and emails received every year from Members, their staff and title examiners. These range from well-known resources such as Fund Title Notes and Fund Concept articles to curative statutes that can result in a quicker more efficient closing.
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Title Teasers
An interactive program where attendees are challenged to choose the proper underwriting response based on real-life fact scenarios. A panel of Fund Underwriters provides discussion and analysis of the underwriting decision in each scenario.
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Trends in Commercial Financing
This presentation covers some of the current trends in commercial financing. It will give the practitioner tools to recognize and advise their clients on these trends.
This presentation will assist real estate practitioners with:
- LIBOR Transition: Background/History. SOFR as a replacement. Impact on existing loans.
- CMBS Loans: Overview. Expansions of SPE and non-recourse carveouts. Unwinding and defeasance.
- Mezzanine Financing: What it is and when is it used. Collateral. Financial Covenants and the “Canary in the Coal Mine.” Intercreditor Agreement.
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