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Kentucky Restricts Marketing for Non-Bank Entities and Provides Clarity in Residential Real Estate Transactions

On April 4, Kentucky enacted HB 88, which will amend laws related to unlawful trade practices, and prohibit entities that are not banks or trust companies from: - suggesting that they are engaged in banking or trust...more

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Mountebanks Target California Real Estate Professionals

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The telephone and Internet have replaced a bench or soapbox as the modern tools of cozenage.   Last week, the California Department of Real Estate issued this alert about a new scheme designed to separate brokers and...more

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Short-Term Rental Update: Short-term rentals continue to gain market share; partnering early in the multifamily development...

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Short-Term Rentals Continue to Gain Market Share - ("Booking Holdings breaks down private accommodation revenues for first time, now at 20% of total," Phocuswire, Feb 27, 2019) Alternative accommodations, including...more

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Ohio Governor Signs Law Exempting Landmen from Licensing Requirement

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On December 19, 2018, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Ohio Senate Bill No. 263, which amended O.R.C. 4735.01 to exempt oil and gas land professionals (landmen) from the real-estate licensing requirement made necessary by the...more

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Court distinguishes oil and gas land professionals from real estate agents/brokers

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On December 19, S.B. 263 was signed into law by Governor Kasich, establishing the concept of an “oil and gas professional.”...more

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Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Land Professional Licensing Requirement

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On September 25, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its opinion which held that oil and gas land professionals must be licensed as real estate brokers in Ohio if they are engaged in obtaining oil and gas leases for other...more

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Ohio law requires oil and gas land professionals to hold broker’s license to be compensated

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On September 25, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its decision in Thomas Dundics v. Eric Petroleum, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3826, holding that the plain language of Ohio Revised Code 4735.01 does not exclude oil and gas...more

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Ohio Legislature Concludes 131st General Assembly in Marathon Session Lasting Until 3:30 AM Last Friday

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After a whirlwind final week of the lame duck session, where the Legislature passed various, often times emotion-evoking measures (including gun rights, abortion, unemployment compensation fund changes, municipal minimum wage...more

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