HOT TOPICS IN REAL ESTATE 2017
HOT TOPICS IN REAL ESTATE 2017
Approved For: 4.25 Hours General, 2 Hour Dual CLE
Applied For: 4. Hours General, 2 Hour Ethics CE
This annual program produced by the Tennessee Bar Association and the Tennessee Land Title Association offers advanced topics in real estate for Tennessee lawyers. This year's program will return with our annual favorites: legislative updates and case law updates. New this year are two sessions focusing on hot issues in cyber security. Other topics include tax sales, commercial underwriting and sovereign citizens and squatters.
This annual program produced by the Tennessee Bar Association and the Tennessee Land Title Association offers advanced topics in real estate for Tennessee lawyers. This year's program will return with our annual favorites: legislative updates and case law updates. New this year are two sessions focusing on hot issues in cyber security. Other topics include tax sales, commercial underwriting and sovereign citizens and squatters.
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:30 Tennessee Real Estate Case Law Update: You be the judge!
Josh Denton, Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC
This interactive session is designed to educate practitioners about the most-recent developments and trends in Tennessee real estate law, with a focus on Tennessee decisions from the prior year.
9:30-10:00 Sovereign Citizens – Who Are They?
Jerry Morgan, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C.
The sovereign citizen movement has seen tremendous growth, coinciding with struggling economies. We’ll take a look at some of the tactics they use and how those tactics impact creditors and title.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Why The Financial Services Sector Is Under Cyber Attack From Transnational Criminal Enterprises?
Scott Augenbaum- FBI
Special Agent Scott Augenbaum of the FBI is going to explain how and why Cyber Criminals are stealing millions of dollars out of the Nashville market and what steps we can take to be safe.
11:15-12:15 Tax Sales Panel
Josh Hopkins, Rubin Lublin, LLC ; Joe Kirkland, CloseTrak
This session will focus on the challenges that delinquent real estate tax sales present to closing attorneys, closing agents and title insurers in the State of Tennessee. Included in the presentation will be a look at the tax sale from beginning to end, as well as practical tips to assist in title claim avoidance.
12:15-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 – 1:45 2017 Tennessee Legislative Report
Charles B. Welch, Jr., Farris Mathews Bobango Public Strategies, LLC; TNLTA Legislative Counsel
The review will include a detailed discussion of legislation passed and defeated in the 2017 General Assembly, as well as a discussion of anticipated legislation for 2018. The audience will gain an understanding of the new laws impacting the land title industry.
1:45 – 2:45 Insuring Commercial Construction Loans
Mark Rosser, First American Title Insurance Company
This session deals with title insurance loan policies on commercial construction loans. We will cover pending disbursements, incremental coverage and possible “future coverages.”
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 The State of the Cyber Landscape– ethics
Bob Roberts, ThreatAdvice
The presentation will be a discussion on cyber security. Who's involved, why & how these attacks are occurring and what you can do to protect yourself.
