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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

Mortgage Banking Update - January 10, 2013

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Jean C. Hemphill, Edward I. Leeds, Barbara S. Mishkin, Amy Mushahwar, Brian M. Pinheiro, Matthew Saunig, John D. Socknat, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, more +Michael S. Waldron | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/10/2013

In This Issue: - Ohio Enacts the Nation's First Transitional MLO Licensing Law for Out-of-State MLOs - Noted Data Security and Privacy Attorney Amy Mushahwar Joins Ballard Spahr - Information Security...more

Electronic Signatures Gaining Acceptance and Popularity In Residential Real Estate Transactions

by Richard Vetstein on 11/12/2011

Electronic signature technology has been quickly gaining steam throughout the U.S. real estate community, and has now arrived in earnest in my home state of Massachusetts. Electronic signature software lets you send legally...more

New York Law Permits Electronic Recording of Real Property Conveyances

by Cole Schotz on 10/14/2011

On Friday, September 23, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill 2373A and Assembly Bill 6870A. The bill authorizes the electronic recording (“e-recording”) of instruments affecting real property in...more

GMA Condo Alert! (Spring 2011 edition)

by Chris Jaglowitz on 5/19/2011

The spring 2011 edition of Gardiner Miller Arnold's "Condo Alert!" news letter is now available. Topics include: * Electronic status certificates * Access to condo owners' lists...more

Restrictive Website Rules Found to Be Anticompetitive

by Michelle Taylon on 4/18/2011

In Realcomp II, Ltd. v. FTC, the Sixth Circuit upheld the Federal Trade Commission's conclusion that Realcomp, a Detroit area multiple listing service, violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by adopting rules...more

Green Building Newsletter - January 2011

by Mintz Levin on 2/1/2011

Law and Policy Updates: Incentivizing Energy Efficiency across the American Economy; Overview of the Massachusetts Stretch Code; Update on Building Energy Use Disclosure under California’s AB 1103; City of Boston Promotes...more

PA Tax Alert-July 2010

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/13/2010

IN THIS ISSUE: Appeal Deadlines on Horizon for Pennsylvania Property Owners Economic Downturn Makes it Especially Important to Evaluate Assessments; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Tax on Canned Computer...more

E-Mortgage Implementation Considerations

by Margo Tank | BuckleySandler LLP on 7/1/2006

Adoption of E-Sign and UETA allows the widespread replacement of paper documents with electronic records and use of electronic signatures. This article, reprinted from Thomson/West’s Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report...more