What has the Government Done? A Legislative and Regulatory Update

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Fund General Counsel Melissa J. Murphy provides a summary of bills that have been filed with the 2025 Florida Legislature with an emphasis on those that affect real property rights and the title insurance/closing services industry.  An update on the new transaction reporting rule issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of Treasury, with an emphasis on the obligations of a title/closing agent.

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Melissa Murphy

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, The Fund

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Ms. Murphy is The Fund’s Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and General Counsel.  She obtained her B.S. degree from Florida State University and her J. D. degree from the University of Florida.  Prior to joining The Fund, she was in private practice in Gainesville, Florida for over 30 years, with a focus on real property transactional law.  Ms. Murphy was an agent for The Fund and her firm was a Top 25 Member of The Fund for many years.  Ms. Murphy was an adjunct professor at the University of Florida prior to moving to Orlando, teaching at both the UF law school and in the Masters of Science in Real Estate program in the business school.  She serves on the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar and was Chair of the Section in 2005-2006.  The Section recognized her with the William S. Belcher Lifetime Professionalism Award in 2020.  She currently serves as Chair of the Insurers Section and Chair of the Forms Committee of the Florida Land Title Association.

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