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RESPA: A Review of the Latest Actions This presentation will cover the following points: RESPA angle on the recent Chevron case The Washington D.C. Attorney General settlement on agent/investor joint ventures. Pennsylvania Attorney General’s indicators that an affiliated arrangement is compliant...

MBA’s Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance provides the most comprehensive information on regulatory initiatives, litigation legislation and enforcement activity, all specifically tailored to the residential mortgage industry. Get up-to-the-minute guidance on hot topics in general sessions with...

Linda Retz of Saul Ewing LLP and Elizabeth Carter, Louisiana State University School of Law Professor, will discuss how to handle intergenerational estate planning and planning involving second (and further) marriages and the inherent conflicts and ethical issues surrounding joint representation of...

ALTA Insights: How to Build a Compliant, Scalable JV Title Agency This presentation will provide a blueprint for building compliant joint ventures in today’s economic and regulatory climate. The discussion will delve into core and non-core title services to utilizing technology and central services...

Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Trusts & Estates Practice Co-Chair Jeffrey Glaser was included in The Daily Record’s 2024 Estate and Trust Law Power List. This group is composed of the most influential and respected practitioners in the estate & trust law...

As a Los Angeles-based estate planning attorney, I am uneasy about California’s enactment of the Online Notarization Act, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2024. The act and its related statutes authorize remote online notarization or RON by California notaries. RON is the process used when the notary...

Partner Francis "Trip" Riley will speak during the RESPRO31 ONE-STOP conference during two sessions. The first session is titled Realtor Commission Litigation . The second session is titled The Realities of Building an Affiliated Title Arrangement . RESPRO31 ONE-STOP is where real estate...

On February 16, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued revisions to its supervisory appeals process. The Bureau’s supervisory appeals process has not changed since 2015, and the Bureau’s announcement notes that these new revisions “broaden the Bureau officials eligible to evaluate...

​Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee voted to advance the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) to the House floor. As drafted, H.R. 7024 would be funded entirely by limitations on the employee retention credit (ERC). Under the bill, no new ERC claims would...

(Baltimore, MD, January 5, 2024) - Saul Ewing LLP today announced that Jeffrey S. Glaser, Partner and Chair of the Firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group, has authored the 19th Supplement to the Maryland Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts Library: Forms and Practice Manual . The 19th Supplement was...

As we previously have discussed, the IRS has for months been working to combat dubious Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, many of which were made at the urging of aggressive promoters. The IRS is offering a limited-time Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) to encourage taxpayers to come forward...

Saul Ewing LLP's Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice recently hosted their annual half-day CLE program on Thursday, December 14. This program provided updates on consumer financial services litigation and enforcement trends, including federal and state governments' top consumer...

Introduction The introduction to the final regulations issued under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Treasury (“FinCEN”) states that, “[i]llicit actors frequently use corporate structures such as shell and front companies to...

On November 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a resolution allowing it to use “compulsory process in nonpublic investigations involving certain products and services that use or claim to be produced using artificial intelligence (AI) or claim to detect its use.” This allows the...

On October 31, 2023, a Missouri jury awarded the plaintiff class in Sitzer/Burnett v. Nar, et al a $1.78 billion damages verdict against several real estate brokerage companies and the National Association of Realtors, based on a finding that the defendants conspired to fix commission being paid by...

I. Introduction: On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This case has potentially widespread implications for the consumer finance industry, as it challenges the...

In September, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance on compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act’s adverse action notice requirements for lenders utilizing artificial intelligence in their credit decision process. Specifically, the Bureau noted that lenders may not rely...

David Shapiro, Chair of Saul Ewing's Tax and Employee Benefits Group, will speak at the 82nd Institute on Federal Taxation in New York City on October 23, 2023. This event is sponsored by NYU School of Professional Studies Institute on Federal Taxation. David, along with Michael Miller, a Partner at...