The following article was provided by William O’Connell, Maryland State Counsel for First American Title Insurance Company. The Maryland Land Title Association (MLTA) saw a gap in the state’s laws when it came to quiet title actions.  As result, the MLTA proposed legislation to create a statutory process for completing such actions.  With the support of […]

The following information was compiled from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau web site. On May 2, 2016, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a new rule that makes a number of procedural and technical amendments to Regulations J and L, which implement the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (“ILSA”), and removed some procedural […]