Charlotte, N.C. – Paymints.io, a secure, digital, white-label SaaS platform thatallows title companies and escrow officers to send and receive electronic payments for manytypes of…
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The order taking…
The American Land Title Association (ALTA) the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, [-] applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing…
The Fifth Circuit has affirmed that a title company’s crime protection policy applies to cover loss from a fraudulent wire transfer. In Valero Title Inc.…
Just in case you could use a little fun as we move forward in 2023, we have gathered your best stories of absolutely true, unusual…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Jan. 5 proposed a rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete agreements with their workers. The FTC’s new…
An apparent cyberattack last month against a records management vendor has left local governments in a number of states without the ability to allow for…
ALTA decertified certain 2006 series policy forms effective Dec. 31, 2022. ALTA decertification establishes that the association no longer officially supports the forms, and will…
Our association has been working since before the 2022 legislative session to push through legislation requiring Garbage Liens to be discoverable in the public record.…
For all of our title industry professionals who have been very good this year, LTAMS has a special holiday gift – the collected advice shared…
The LTAMS Membership Committee is seeking your help for an upcoming member highlight article. What better way to start off the new year than with…
Join us on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, for a live webinar on wire fraud. A hard hitting session by Matt…
Neill Bryant followed a unique path into real estate law from a job as a petroleum landman working on an oil company’s bankruptcy case. A…
In an order signed November 10, 2022, the Mississippi Supreme Court has extended the temporary waiver of the in-person requirement for an attorney’s continuing legal…
Freddie Mac updated its Selling Guide to extend the date for the required use of the 2021 ALTA Policy Forms on Nov. 2nd. The new…
Although she was born and raised in Lake Village, Arkansas, Leslie Sadler has called Mississippi home for more than 20 years. She received a bachelor’s…
No legislation (SB 2457 | HB 725 | HB 1069 – all died in Committee or on Calendar) was enacted to address the problem of…
In Conner v. Alltin, LLC 2021 WL 5588731 (Nov. 30, 2021), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi held that certain…
The new Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, SB 2095, raises some interesting zoning issues. First, the Act describes where cannabis facilities can be located by reference…
We have been advised that effective September 1, 2022, the Official Public Notice Posting Board shall be located in the main lobby of the Rankin…
