Legal News

At the 2018 Appraisal Institute (AI) conference in Nashville, former AI president and current litigation appraiser M. Lance Coyle addressed the audience on several legal maneuvers.

Coyle told appraisers what they should be aware of when on assignment. Valuation Review was in attendance and continues its story on Coyle’s presentation.

Read Part II to find out more information.

The American Society of Appraisers has filed an amicus brief in connection with the appeal of an employee stock ownership plan case.

The brief outlined what it says are the district court’s appraisal-related errors and dangerous precedent set by the opinion, according to the filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Read on for more details of this case.

The dispute between HouseCanary and Amrock, formerly known as Title Source, over trade secrets, fraud and breach of contract is continuing.

The dispute continued even after a March jury decision awarded HouseCanary a $706.2 million verdict.

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Valuation Review continues its conversation with drone and aviation attorney Abigail Roberts.

The legal expert outlines more specifics as to what appraisers can and cannot legally do when it comes to the utilization of drones in their assignments.

Read Part II of this story to learn more.

Are appraisers legally compliant when using drones?

Valuation Review reached out to a drone and aviation lawyer who outlined what appraisers can and cannot legally do when it comes to using drones in their assignments.

Read on to find out what we were told.

Leandra English, the embattled deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has announced she is stepping down from her position at the bureau.

English will also be dropping her lawsuit against President Donald Trump and acting director Mick Mulvaney, effective at the beginning of next week.

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Arca Capital, one of the largest shareholders of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., has retained counsel in its continuing campaign to prevent what it sees as an absurdly low-priced buyout of minority shareholders by the Zyskind/Karfunkel family. Read on to learn more about this case. Carl Stine of Wolf Popper LLP, who specializes in challenging merger and acquisition transactions, will represent Arca Capital.

Leandra English, the embattled deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has announced she is stepping down from her position at the bureau and will be dropping her lawsuit against President Donald Trump and acting director Mick Mulvaney, effective at the beginning of next week. In a statement released by her attorney on Twitter, English thanked the CFPB’s "dedicated career civil servants for your important work on behalf of consumers.”

At the 2018 National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in Detroit, Buckley Sandler, LLP Partner Valerie Hletko addressed conference attendees about diversity within one’s office and company.

Hletko also discussed policies employers should implement to achieve both diversity and inclusion amongst co-workers.

Read on to find out what was said.

The Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board cites a win for consumers in Texas with the indictment of a former real estate appraiser trainee. Read on to find out the details surrounding the indictment.