FLORIDA SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR MISLEADING UCC FILINGS
On September 29, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in 1944 Beach Boulevard, LLC v. Live Oak Banking Co. (In re NRP Lease Holdings, LLC), No. 21-11742, at *9 (11th Cir. Sep. 29, 2022), which reversed the Florida Middle District and Middle District Bankruptcy Courts’ decisions concerning perfection of a UCC-1…
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TITLE AGENTS BEWARE! FAILURE TO VERIFY MORTGAGE LOAN PAYOFF CAN BE COSTLY
In the recent Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy case of, Pinero v. Rodriguez (In re Rodriguez), 2022 WL 1599970 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. May 10, 2022) (Colton, J.), there are several real estate and bankruptcy crossover lessons to be learned. First and foremost, for those in the title insurance industry, the case focuses on a title…
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