General Counsel Blog

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  11/27/2023

  Property Alert Services, Foreign Interests Update & Fund Commercial Training

  Hello Members! Lots of stuff is happening that I think is worthy of your attention, not the least of which is that Thanksgiving is over, which means the holidays and year-end are coming soon. Hope you have your coping tools ready to go (whatever they may be)! Always a stressful time……

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  11/27/2023

  Property Alert Services, Foreign Interests Update & Fund Commercial Training

  Hello Members! Lots of stuff is happening that I think is worthy of your attention, not the least of which is that Thanksgiving is over, which means the holidays and year-end are coming soon. Hope you have your coping tools ready to go (whatever they may be)! Always a stressful time……

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  11/09/2023

  ALTA Survey, Gov't Shutdown & Expanded FinCEN GTO

  Hello Fund Members! I just got back from the Florida Land Title Association Convention and listened to several very good presentations on different aspects of our industry. The one that made the biggest impression on me was, of course, about the ever-evolving face of cyber fraud presented by Tom Cronkright of CertifID.  The fraudsters are definitely leveraging technology to find new ways to fool you (and others). Help the industry out by completing the ALTA cyber crime survey. You do not need to be a member of ALTA to complete the survey and your experiences will help ALTA present a comprehensive picture of what is going on from our perspective. Here is a link to the study.  Complete the study today

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  11/02/2023

  FinCEN Expansion, Foreign Interests & Love

  Hello Fund Members! Hope everyone is doing well. I have a few things to share this week.

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  10/20/2023

  Take Action with ALTA & Updates on AOLs, Attorney Value Campaign and Foreign Interests

  Hello Fund Members, I've been enjoying the cooler weather and hope you have, too. Fall decorations are up everywhere and I am always impressed with the energy and creativity exhibited by some folks! This week, I want to encourage you to take some action. Please join ALTA's Title Action Network. Here's why.

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  10/20/2023

  Take Action with ALTA & Updates on AOLs, Attorney Value Campaign and Foreign Interests

  Hello Fund Members, I've been enjoying the cooler weather and hope you have, too. Fall decorations are up everywhere and I am always impressed with the energy and creativity exhibited by some folks! This week, I want to encourage you to take some action. Please join ALTA's Title Action Network. Here's why.

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  10/05/2023

  Cybersecurity BS, Title Fraud & Witness Addresses

  Dear Members, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and our Legal Education Department has put together a great series of programs for you.  Here is one NEXT TUESDAY that you might find very interesting.

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  09/28/2023

  Fall, Fraud & Foreign Interests

  Dear Members,  Happy Fall!  Hope you are settling into the new school routines, sports schedules and maybe a slight break in the weather.  Ryder Cup starts this week.  Go USA!

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  08/22/2023

  Policies, Payments & Pilots

  Dear Members, I hope that those of you with kids in school had a smooth "back to school" transition.  I decided to wrap up the summer with a good old fashioned "summer cold." Ugh.  I have a couple of things to mention this week.  But before I get into some business related info, the storm on the west coast reminded me that hurricane season is here.  Don't forget there is a second sales tax holiday coming up to help with the purchase of storm-related supplies.  It runs from August 26 through September 8.  The Department of Revenue has an informative flyer with some FAQs. https://www.thefund.com/info/pdf/disaster-preparedness-sales-tax-holiday-2023.pdf

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  08/22/2023

  Policies, Payments & Pilots

  Dear Members, I hope that those of you with kids in school had a smooth "back to school" transition.  I decided to wrap up the summer with a good old fashioned "summer cold." Ugh.  I have a couple of things to mention this week.  But before I get into some business related info, the storm on the west coast reminded me that hurricane season is here.  Don't forget there is a second sales tax holiday coming up to help with the purchase of storm-related supplies.  It runs from August 26 through September 8.  The Department of Revenue has an informative flyer with some FAQs. https://www.thefund.com/TheFund/media/PDFs/GeneralCounsel/Back-to-school-sales-tax-holiday-2023.pdf