Realestate & Malpractice Law Articles
Curated On TatorLaw.comThe Voice for Real Estate 95: Mortgage Reform, Texts, Rural Loans, Outlook
REALTORS® lead the charge on protecting 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages Are your texts violating the law? And the government tries to make up for lost time on rural home loans These stories and more on The Voice for Real Estate Hi, I'm Stephen Gasque with the National...
Window to the Law: FinCEN’s GTOs Extended and Expanded
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, one of the U.S. Treasury’s lead agencies in the fight against money laundering, recently announced yet another extension of its Geographic Targeting Orders. The GTOs aim to combat the use of residential real estate in money...
Video: NAR Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy
NAR General Counsel and Chief Member Experience Officer Katie Johnson reviews the NAR Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy, which applies to all NAR-related meetings, events, and communications.For more information, please review the NAR Code of Conduct and...
Potential Lawsuit: Cryptocurrency Fraud Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Since the middle of 2018, cryptocurrency lawsuits alleging various forms of financial fraud have become increasingly common. In some ways, the story is familiar -- the price went up suddenly at the beginning of 2018, and then it crashed through the proverbial floor....
Risk Management Issues Committee Top Issues 2018
The Risk Management Issues Committee is charged with facilitating a national discussion and awareness of risk management issues and related potential legal liability facing NAR members. The committee includes representatives from each U.S. state, which makes the...
Potential Lawsuit: 3M Combat Arms Defective Earplugs Lawsuit News and Legal Information
In July 2018, the American multinational corporation 3M settled a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the federal government alleging that the company knowingly supplied defective Combat Arms Earplugs to the US military. 3M was accused of violating the False Claims Act...
Settlement: Jury Awards $41M in Personal Injury Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds
This is a settlement for the lawsuit.Miami, FL: The husband of a woman who died from smoking-related emphysema, has been awarded $27,799,999.99 in punitive damages by the jury hearing his defective products case. The week prior the jury awarded Leslie Schlefstein...
Settlement: $2M Settlement Reached in Stericycle Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A preliminary $2m settlement agreement has been reached in a California employment law class action lawsuit pending against Stericycle Inc. The lawsuit was brought against the medical waste company by workers alleging the company denied them breaks,...
Window to the Law: Working with Appraisers
Like many children, I believed you should never be in the dark and say Bloody Mary three times to a bathroom mirror. When my friend told me the story, she pointed to a classmate who had a large scratch on his face and said, “Look at what happened to him.” Years later,...