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Integration of The Fund Into Old Republic Title's Florida Operations
Shannon Widman - Deputy General Counsel, The Fund
In this episode of Title Now, hosted by Shannon Widman, the focus is on the recent integration of The Fund into Old Republic's Florida operations. Mike Dolan, Senior Vice President at Old Republic National Title Insurance Company.
Length: 15:37
Published: 09/25/2025
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Tools & Tips to Beat the FinCEN Clock
Shannon Widman - Deputy General Counsel, The Fund
The Clock is Ticking! Get Ready - The countdown to the New FinCEN Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule compliance is on! Are you ready for December 1?
Length: 37:25
Published: 08/22/2025
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Uncover the Shocking Tactics of Cyber Criminals
Shannon Widman
Join Deputy General Counsel Shannon Widman and CertifID’s Tom Cronkright. Tom is very knowledgeable about how cyber criminals have successfully targeted businesses just like yours. He will have information about how it works, new schemes and what you can do to protect yourself.
Length: 40:44
Published: 07/30/2025
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Legislative Update – Live from Tallahassee
Shannon Widman
It ain't over 'til it's over! With Florida’s lawmakers slated to get back to work in Tallahassee, the clock is ticking for them to provide a budget and tidy up a few loose ends before the end of the fiscal year. You may have heard a bit about the political infighting among our state’s leaders and, consequently, an extended legislative session, but are you up-to-date on the bills that have passed (or not passed) affecting the title industry and your real estate law practice? Join Deputy General Counsel Shannon Widman and The Fund’s legislative advocate, Jim Daughton, Esq. of Metz, Husband & Daughton, P.A. for a conversation on industry-related legislation from this year and what we need to know for the next legislative cycle.
Length: 34:42
Published: 06/16/2025
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Phone a Friend for Free Legal Advice
Melissa Jay Murphy & Shannon Widman
Have real estate agents asked you for legal advice about licensing law or a related real property issue that you don’t feel comfortable giving? There is an alternative. Florida Realtors® Legal Hotline has attorneys ready and willing to answer those questions for free and they even allow you to join the call with your client.
Length: 31:12
Published: 04/23/2025
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FR/BAR Contract Changes You Need To Know About!
Melissa Jay Murphy & Shannon Widman
Paragraph 9 of the FR/BAR Residential Contract, which addresses closing costs AND CLOSING SERVICES FEES, has been amended.
Length: 29:09
Published: 02/25/2025
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NAR Settlement Resources: Step by Step
Melissa Jay Murphy & Shannon Widman
Need specific resources to help guide your agent and broker referral sources after the NAR Settlement? You spoke, we listened. Take a deeper dive into the new Realtor© compensation forms and practice changes, plus special resources available to you on TheFund.com. Join Fund General Counsel Melissa Murphy along with Deputy General Counsel Shannon Widman for a ONE-HOUR conversation.
Length: 53:03
Published: 01/03/2025
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Florida Realtor Forms & NAR Rules: Are Real Estate Agents Thriving? Will You?
Melissa Jay Murphy & Shannon Widman
Are you interested in how real estate agents are dealing with the new compensation rules?
Length: 32:24
Published: 10/25/2024
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Commercial Transactions: Inside Edition
Melissa Jay Murphy
Have you ever heard a commercial closing described as an “easy and enjoyable experience?” Find out!
Length: 18:29
Published: 09/25/2024
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The NAR Settlement: Changes and Impact
Melissa Jay Murphy
Join Melissa Murphy for a discussion with David Serle, President of RWorld (realtor association for Palm Beach, Broward and St. Lucie Counties), and Evian White De Leon, Chief Legal Counsel for the Miami Association of Realtors, who are both very involved in implementing the required changes.
Length: 36:50
Published: 06/28/2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: 2024 Legislative Session
Melissa Jay Murphy
Hear about the 2024 legislative session from the perspective of a member of the Florida legislature!
Length: 31:43
Published: 04/18/2024
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Proposed FinCEN Reporting Rule on Cash Sales
Melissa Jay Murphy
FinCEN is moving toward a nationwide requirement for the reporting of certain types of cash transactions. While this rule is not yet final, you should be prepared!
Length: 31:24
Published: 04/01/2024
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The Corporate Transparency Act: What’s It All About?
Melissa Jay Murphy
Have you been hearing about the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and wondering what the heck it is all about? Small shell companies have long been used by money launderers and other criminal actors to hide the source of illegally obtained funds and to shield their identities. The CTA became effective January 1, 2024, allowing the IRS’ Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to collect information on beneficial owners of certain legal entities.
Length: 29:57
Published: 02/20/2024
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Get Ready for the Expanded FinCEN GTO
Melissa Jay Murphy
Join Fund General Counsel Melissa Murphy and Regulatory Compliance Counsel Jay St. Lawrence for a discussion about FinCEN’s expanded Geographic Targeting Order that now includes Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties. If you do transactions in these counties, you must report beginning November 21, 2023.
Length: 30:23
Published: 11/29/2023
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How the New Title Fraud Legislation Impacts You
Melissa Jay Murphy
New legislation to combat title fraud was enacted this year – HB 1419/Chapter 2023-238, Laws of Florida – and there are several provisions that directly affect real estate practitioners. You need to know about this new law!
Length: 32:33
Published: 10/06/2023
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Join Fund General Counsel Melissa Murphy and her guest Florida Rep. Tom Fabricio for a look into Florida's Legislation.
Length: 33:57
Published: 10/06/2023
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GSEs & Alternative Title Products Update
Melissa Jay Murphy
Want a quick update on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, Attorney Opinion Letters…and other things?
Length: 29:37
Published: 07/14/2023
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Meet CASi!
Melissa Jay Murphy
Tune in to learn the case for closing with CASi and how they can save you time and money on closings.
Length: 31:53
Published: 06/02/2023
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Meet LandTech Consulting!
Melissa Jay Murphy
LandTech Consulting is ready to support you so your business can grow! Their professional, friendly team can assist with processing everything from receiving the signed contract to issuing the final policies and tracking mortgage releases.
Length: 27:48
Published: 06/02/2023
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Surprise! That’s Not Covered
Melissa Jay Murphy
Think you know what’s covered by the title insurance policy? Think again! Tune in to Melissa’s discussion with The Fund's George Perez, Senior Manager of Claims, Risk Analysis and Member Compliance, on claims coverage issues that often surprise Fund Members.
Length: 29:34
Published: 06/02/2023
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Meet Attorneys' Closing Services!
Melissa Jay Murphy
Tune in to learn how Attorneys’ Closing Services has helped real estate attorneys like you and your team confidently handle residential and commercial real estate closings from the initial draft to the final closing package.
Length: 29:55
Published: 05/01/2023
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Do Attorneys Really Matter? What’s Your Value?
Melissa Jay Murphy
Tune in to learn how two campaigns, The Florida Bar’s “Hire an Attorney” and The Fund’s “Value of a Real Estate Attorney” are tackling this issue. Melissa’s guest will be Michael Gelfand, a member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors.
Length: 24:31
Published: 03/02/2023
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Attorney Opinion Letters – The Latest
Melissa Jay Murphy
Join Fund General Counsel Melissa Jay Murphy for her conversation with Chris Morton SVP of Public Affairs and Chief Advocacy Officer, ALTA on what we know about such products.
Length: 30:01
Published: 01/26/2023
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Real Time Payments
Melissa Jay Murphy
Join General Counsel Melissa Jay Murphy as she talks with Rick Bruhn, SVP and Head of Commercial Deposit and Payment Solutions, U.S. Bank, about a new payment rail, Real Time Payments.
Length: 33:44
Published: 11/17/2022
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Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Real Estate Transactions: An Update
Melissa Jay Murphy
Learn about the roles cryptocurrency and blockchain play in the world of real estate transactions.
Length: 34:49
Published: 08/11/2022
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Homeowner Benefit Agreements
Melissa Jay Murphy
Learn about a new title issue appearing in title searches: Homeowner Benefit Agreements.
Length: 18:02
Published: 07/07/2022
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Cyber Fraud 2022: Protect Yourself
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy interviews CertifID CEO Tom Cronkright and a Secret Service Agent about cyber fraud/security.
Length: 45:49
Published: 04/15/2022
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Boo! Creepy Tales of Wire Fraud Scams
Melissa Jay Murphy
My guest is Tom Cronkright, with CertifID. Tom is very knowledgeable about how cyber criminals have successfully targeted businesses just like yours.
Length: 36:02
Published: 10/27/2020
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Florida Realtors Hotline
Melissa Jay Murphy
My guest will be attorney Joel Maxson, who heads up the Realtor® hotline at Florida Realtors.
Length: 30:57
Published: 08/24/2020
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Website Compliance with ADA!
Melissa Jay Murphy
My guest will be Adam Chotiner, an attorney with Shapiro Blasi Wasserman Hermann in Boca Raton, Florida. Adam has a lot of experience and knowledge of this area and I think everyone will find it very interesting.
Length: 30:49
Published: 08/07/2020
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Force Majeure Clauses in Contracts Related to Real Estate
Melissa Jay Murphy
We will be talking about force majeure clauses in various types of contracts related to real estate.
Length: 38:56
Published: 07/29/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting Residential Evictions?
Melissa Jay Murphy
We will be talking about the moratorium on residential evictions. My guests will be Fund Members Geil Bilu and Marc Brown.
Length: 30:03
Published: 07/13/2020
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A Special Focus on Florida's Real Estate Economy with Dr. Basu
Melissa Jay Murphy
We will focus on the state of the economy and my guest will be Dr. Anirban Basu.
Length: 33:57
Published: 07/02/2020
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Fund Member as Legislator: A Conversation with Senator Kathleen Passidomo
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy interviews Senator Kathleen Passidomo.
Length: 26:50
Published: 06/16/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting Lenders and E-signatures?
Melissa Jay Murphy
My guest will be Shane Hartzler, Director of eMortgage Strategy and Operations for FNMA.
Length: 30:24
Published: 06/16/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting RON? Your FAQs Answered.
Melissa Jay Murphy
This week's Title Now Pop Up Webinar is all about RON!
Length: 32:49
Published: 06/01/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting Estate and Probate Planning Practices?
Melissa Jay Murphy
This week's Title Now Pop Up Webinar is a good one.
Length: 30:12
Published: 05/19/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting Our Members?
Melissa Jay Murphy
There are some really good ideas out there and hearing from Members "in the field" about things that work, things that didn't work, how they manage their employees working remotely and how they deal with clients and customers should prove to be pretty interesting!
Length: 30:18
Published: 05/08/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting the Economy?
Melissa Jay Murphy
An Interview with accomplished economist, Dr. Anirban Basu, Chief Executive Officer of Sage Policy Group, Inc.
Length: 30:19
Published: 05/01/2020
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How Is the Pandemic Impacting Our Business Partners?
Melissa Jay Murphy
An Interview with Florida Realtors General Counsel, Juana Watkins, about what Florida Realtors as an organization is doing to support their members and what realtors are doing out in the field to help you market your property or buy a property as safely as possible.
Length: 29:04
Published: 04/24/2020
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ALTA’s Latest Update on RON Guidelines
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy talks with with Steve Gottheim, Deputy General Counsel at the American Land Title Association, on the new FNMA and Freddie Mac guidelines on remote online notarization of loan documents and the use of limited powers of attorney.
Length: 29:59
Published: 04/16/2020
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Increase Your Market Presence and Be Successful
Melissa Jay Murphy
Listen as Melissa Jay Murphy talks with TitleTap's Dean Collura about how attorney title agents can market more effectively and easily. TitleTap specializes in providing industry-focused marketing solutions for title insurance agents and real estate law firms. Tune in for tips on how to find and attract ideal customers and the Members-only resources available to help you market your practice.
Length: 33:22
Published: 07/22/2019
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Melissa Jay Murphy and her panel of distinguished guests discuss why and how The Fund is working to build stronger relationships between realtors and real estate attorneys.
Length: 30:46
Published: 10/25/2018
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Complex CRE Transactions: Spoken Here!
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy discusses Commercial Real Estate Transactions and how The Fund's commercial services department can support you.
Length: 18:26
Published: 09/14/2018
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Fund Assembly 2018 - General Counsel's Perspective
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy provided the General Counsel’s Perspective at this year’s Fund Assembly. She highlighted important updates and recent changes that are impacting the Real Estate industry in Florida.
Length: 25:13
Published: 08/02/2018
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Attorneys' Real Estate Councils of Florida
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy is joined with guests Rene Rutan and Nishad Khan to discuss the benefits of joining a Florida Real Estate Council, resources available for Council Members and how the Statewide organization supports the local Real Estate Councils.
Length: 19:59
Published: 03/05/2018
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2018 Florida Legislative Session
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy discusses what to look for in the 2018 Legislative Session with guests Warren Husband and Jim Daughton, principals in Tallahassee’s Metz, Husband and Daughton P.A. This episode was recorded prior to the start of the 2018 Legislative Session.
Length: 29:04
Published: 01/29/2018
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Legislative Update with Mike Mirrington
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy discusses Florida's 2017 Legislative session with guest Michael Mirrington, legislation tracker, from The Fund.
Length: 29:58
Published: 08/04/2017
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1031 Exchanges with OREXCO
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy discusses 1031 or "Like Kind" exchanges with guest Janet Schaum from Old Republic Exchange Company.
Length: 17:37
Published: 06/09/2017
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Fund Assembly 2017 - General Counsel Perspective
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy shares her Fund Assembly 2017 presentation regarding politics, title insurance and the closing industry.
Length: 19:48
Published: 05/24/2017
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Introducing... Title Now
Melissa Jay Murphy
Melissa Jay Murphy announces Title Now. A podcast with in-depth discussions including special guests, engaging conversation and different perspectives on the Real Estate Industry in Florida.
Length: 01:16
Published: 05/10/2017
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