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The CCPA for the Land Title Industry: Practical Compliance With CCPA and New Privacy Laws
The CCPA for the Land Title Industry: CCPA Resources and Compliance Tips
The CCPA for the Land Title Industry: Service Providers and Sale of Data Under the CCPA
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Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Virginia issued an important decision regarding two often troubling elements under Virginia law regarding proving a claim of adverse possession....more
Last year, I posted regarding the Colorado Court of Appeals’ decision in Woodbridge II, which concluded that the “adverse use” element for prescriptive easement claims only requires the claimant to “show a nonpermissive or...more
In the second half of this year the Massachusetts Appeals Court decided three cases in which a party claimed adverse possession or prescriptive rights in real estate. In each case the focus was on one particular element of...more
In cities and towns across Pennsylvania, it is familiar story - a Good Samaritan homeowner, fed up with overgrown weeds and accumulation of old tires and televisions, decides to clean up a neighboring lot which belongs to an...more
Scribner v. Wineinger, et al. affirms that acquisition of a Texas oil and gas leasehold by limitations is not defeated if the adverse possessor’s acknowledgement of a claimant’s title comes too late....more
In response to national outrage over an infamous adverse possession case in Boulder, Colorado, in which a lawyer and a judge intentionally took their neighbors’ undeveloped land through adverse possession, the Colorado...more
House Bill No. 352 passed the General Assembly and has now been signed by the Governor. It provides that an individual can obtain title to a property by adverse possession in 10 years instead of the 21 years required by prior...more
The question of whose land and/or minerals is whose in West Virginia is as old as the Appalachian Mountains. When it comes to natural gas titles and possession, one must take heed. Adverse possession is a doctrine under...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Adverse Possession: appellant entitled to judgment quieting title in her favor because appellant’s predecessor in title had adversely possessed disputed strip of land by having it enclosed by a...more
The regular session of the 2013 Texas Legislature is over and now it’s time to assess the damage. ...more
Every so often, that ancient and seemingly out-dated distinction between legal and equitable claims (and defenses) derived in the English Chancery Courts hundreds of years ago rears its head and reminds all attorneys that...more
The Michigan Supreme Court recently clarified the interplay between Michigan’s Land Division Act (“LDA”), MCL 560.101 et seq., and actions seeking to establish substantive property rights. In Beach v Lima Township, ___ Mich...more