I previously wrote about the the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) “Geographic Targeting Orders” (GTOs) here (August 2016), here (February 2017), and here (August 2017 update). The GTOs were updated again beginning March 21, 2018, and extended to September 16, 2018, unless superseded, and except as is provided in Section III.C of…
I previously wrote about the the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) “Geographic Targeting Orders” (GTOs) here (August 2016) and here (February 2017) . The GTOs were updated again and expanded to cover even more transactions. The GTOs require that title insurance underwriters and their agents report information about certain residential real estate…
NOTE: The information in this post is outdated due to passage of time. Please review our updated post from August 2017. Last year, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued “Geographic Targeting Orders” (GTOs) which require that various title insurance underwriters and their agents report information about certain residential real…
NOTE: The information in this post is outdated due to passage of time. Please review our updated post from August 2017. On July 22, 2016, FinCEN issued “Geographic Targeting Orders” (GTOs) requiring “Covered Businesses” in various jurisdictions to collect and report information about certain “residential real property” transactions. The GTOs temporarily require U.S. title insurance…
Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court released Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.491 (General Magistrates for Residential Foreclosure Matters). This new rule essentially moves the May 2013 amendments to Rule 1.490 to a new, separate rule which is limited to residential foreclosure cases. In its opinion releasing Rule 1.491, the Florida Supreme Court commented:…
The Florida Bar sent out an email today clarifying that service by e-mail will not become MANDATORY until September 1, 2012, in civil, probate, small claims, and family law divisions of the trial courts, as well as in all appellate cases. E-mail service in criminal, traffic, and juvenile matters is not mandatory until October 1,…
Earlier today, the Florida Supreme Court released Opinion No. SC10-2101. All Florida lawyers need to read this opinion ASAP since it makes MAJOR changes to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, with conforming amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Florida Probate Rules, the Florida Rules of…
Can judges be “connected” with lawyers on LinkedIn? According to the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, the answer is a qualified “no.” See Opinion 2012-12. This isn’t the first time Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee dealt with the issue of judges’ use of social media and interactions with lawyers. In a 2009 opinion, the same…
Yesterday’s Palm Beach Post ran an informative article about the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office redacting personal information from cases available to public. The article explained that certain imaged documents from the court file can now be viewed at terminals at the South County and North County Courthouses. The most interesting part of the article…