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Protecting yourself from property scams

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Keeping you and your money safe is our top priority, and we have stringent safeguarding measures in place to help protect all our customers. But there are also steps you need to take to protect yourself from fraud....more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Lis Pendens Upheld in Claim Against Sham Trustee Who Transferred Trust Property

A lis pendens is a recorded document giving constructive notice that a lawsuit has been filed affecting title to or right of possession of the real property described in the notice. Any person later acquiring an interest in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California bans undervalued property offers after wildfire disasters

On January 14, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, issued Executive Order N-7-25 prohibiting unsolicited cash offers to purchase property in Los Angeles county ZIP codes, specifically those impacted by the recent...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Affidavit Fails To Establish That A Material Undisputed Fact Was Not A Fact At All, Says The First Department

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In Katsorhis v. 718 W. Beech St, LLC, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00211 (1st Dept. Jan. 15, 2025) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department considered a fraud claim that the lower court sustained on the grounds that defendant...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Scammers are Seeking to Steal Your Property Using Wild Deeds

Could someone transfer your property ownership away from you without your knowledge? One scam takes advantage of the fact that California County Recorders do not vet the contents of deeds to ensure validity: an individual...more

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Protect Your Property: Register for Florida’s Title Fraud Alert Service

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Title fraud in Florida has increased significantly in recent years. This type of fraud typically involves a person forging a deed to transfer someone else’s real property to a shell company formed by the fraudster. The...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Relying on a Void Quiet Title Judgment — Redux

In May 2021, Money and Dirt covered a case published by California’s Second Appellate District — Tsasu LLC v. U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. — holding that under Code of Civil Procedure section 764.060 (part of California’s Quiet...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Title Reporter — Spring 2023

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Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in Arkansas, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that a title insurer had properly...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Can A Medallion Signature Guarantee Protect Your Property?

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We are all familiar with commercials and ads warning real estate owners (“Owners”) of title theft. What is described as title theft occurs when a fraudster forges an Owner’s name on a deed transferring real estate to...more

Burr & Forman

Beaufort County, South Carolina Property Fraud Alert Now Available

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Property owners in Beaufort County, South Carolina may register at no charge to receive alerts from Beaufort County Register of Deeds regarding possible fraudulent activity involving their property. The sign-up page for...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Does An “As-Is” Clause In My Contract Preclude A Claim For Breach Of An Express Warranty? - The Bullet Point: An Ohio Commercial...

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Easement by estoppel- DeepRock Disposal Solutions, LLC v. Forté Prods., LLC, 4th Dist. Washington No. 20CA15, 2021-Ohio-1436- In this appeal, the Fourth Appellate District affirmed as modified the trial court’s...more

Carlton Fields

Texas Federal Court Finds No Coverage Under Crime Policy for Phishing Scheme Because Insured Did Not “Hold” Diverted Funds and...

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RealPage was the victim of a phishing scheme that resulted in the diversion of its client funds from the bank account of a third-party payment processer, Stripe Inc. In the ensuing insurance coverage litigation styled...more

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Water Intrusion/Flooding: Property Owner Files Action Alleging Breach of Contract in Garland County, Arkansas, Circuit Court

Steve Fletcher and Valerie Fletcher (collectively, “Fletcher”) filed a Complaint against Joel C. Walker, Individually and as the Trustee of the Joel C. Walker Trust and the Joel C. Walker Trust (collectively, “Walker”) in...more

Gray Reed

Fake Mineral Leases Thwarted by the Texas Legislature

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The 2019 Texas legislature enacted a new Property Code Section 5.152 to protect mineral and royalty owners from a certain species of fraudulent transactions perpetrated on trusting and/or naïve and/or out of state mineral...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Under Recent New York Case, You May Be Liable for Interest on Unclaimed Property

Banks, insurers and other financial services companies, as well as other companies holding unclaimed property, are automatically liable for interest that accrues on unclaimed property held by them in New York, without having...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Owners and Contractors Beware! Electronic Payments in Construction Are Subject to Increased Fraud

While electronic funds transfer is considered a convenient and quicker way to process payments and receive funds on construction projects, this practice presents significant risk to project participants. Contractual and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

When Is Property Damage From a Release “Expected or Intended”? Only After the Owner Learns of the Spill and Ignores It

Any good trial lawyer will tell you that the law is about telling stories. Once upon a time, Timothy and Stacy Creamer bought a house. Only after they closed did they realize that some strategically placed rugs were hiding...more

Hogan Lovells

Proptech Decoded – Pulling the chain on traditional land registration?

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HM Land Registry is currently looking into the potential use of blockchain technology as part of its Digital Street project.  This supports HM Land Registry’s aim to “become the world’s leading land registry for speed,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Restrictive Covenants: The Impact on Washington Condo Owners

In 2017, the Washington Supreme Court issued a significant decision related to restrictive covenants affecting condominium units. It reaffirmed the importance of timely challenging of an amendment to condominium covenants, in...more

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