Former CLTA President Margaret Serrano Foster (2007-08) passed away March 25, 2026, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Margaret was a 4th generation Arizonian who had a forty-five-year tenure in the title business. At various points in her career, Margaret held executive positions with Minnesota, Commonwealth, LandAmerica, and Old Republic title companies. ...

Assembly Bill 2224 (Hadwick) increases in the maximum recording fees to $15 for recording the first page and $4 for each additional page but the fees cannot exceed the reasonable costs of ...

Assembly Bill 1611 (Haney) would have prohibited like-kind exchange tax treatment under California law if the taxpayer owned 50 or more “qualified” properties at the time the ...

Senate Bill 1307 (Jones) as introduced would have allowed for a pre-conviction order in a criminal proceeding voiding a false or forged instrument. The bill was amended to permit a ...

Senate Bill 1176 (Choi) would have prohibited foreign actors from purchasing agricultural land, but the bill failed passage in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would have required ...

On May 11, 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, filed a Notice of Appeal in Flowers Title Companies, LLC v. Bessent. The filing ...

The legal battle over FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule is entering a new phase, as Fidelity National Financial Inc. and Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., on April 17th ...

The Real Brokerage is acquiring Re//Max Holdings in a deal valued at roughly $880 million, including debt, creating one of the largest tech-enabled real estate platforms. In California  ...

Fidelity Reports First-quarter 2026 Results; First American Reports First Quarter 2026 Results; Old Republic Reports First-quarter 2026 Earnings; Stewart Reports Q1 2026 Results ...

AVL Test Systems v. Hensel Phelps Construction.  D086160 (Fourth Appellate District, April 28, 2026).  The dispute arose from a contract in which a company specializing in vehicle emissions testing equipment agreed  ...

Montecito Country Club, LLC v. Root et al. (2026).  _ Cal.App.5th _ , B 341762 (Second Appellate District, March 6, 2016).  The plaintiff country club filed suit to quiet title to an easement and asserted a prescriptive easement, while ...