Risk Management Boot Camp: How to Avoid Common Practice Problems Before They Arise

In this two-part series, you’ll learn how to minimize malpractice risk, select the proper legal entity and set up your office to limit liability, and handle staff and independent contractors appropriately. . . Read Full Article

TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule Implementation

This October the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will replace the four existing disclosures required in most residential mortgage transactions under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) with two new ones. The Good Faith Estimate and Early Truth in Lending forms will be replaced by the Loan Estimate and the HUD-1 settlement statement and the Final Truth-in-Lending disclosure will be replaced by the Closing Disclosure. . . Read Full Article

Big changes are coming in residential closing practice. Are you ready?

On October 1, 2015 the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) will go into effect for new residential mortgage applications. A new settlement statement , changes in tolerances, disclosures and delivery timelines are all coming. Are you ready? Are you quoting set fees? Are you prepared for the questions that lenders will be asking in order to stay on their closings lists? . . . Read Full Article

Statements from Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants and Appeals Court Chief Justice Phillip Rapoza on the Governor's Announcement of Nomination of Appeals Court Chief Justice

From the Public Information Office of the Supreme Judicial Court - Statement from Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants. "Justice Kafker is a person of impeccable integrity and sound judgment who is widely admired in the judiciary and will prove to be a great Chief Justice of the Appeals Court. . . " Read Full Article

A sell-out audience for annual Evidence: Learn What the Judges Learn! CLE

Throughout the Commonwealth the school year is drawing to a close and citizens are preparing for their trips to the shore, but Social Law’s Spring CLE semester has yet to slow down . . . Read Full Article