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Topics Covered in this Edition:

• CTtalk: Advanced Survey Analysis 
• Meet Deanna Wilkie, AVP & Senior Escrow Officer
• Remote Online Notarization
• Company Fact Sheet: MY2019
• Memo: Insuring Properties Involving Marijuana, Hemp, or CBD
• How to Buy Your Vacation Home With a 1031 Exchange
• Free Online Continuing Legal Education Courses for Our Attorney Customers

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• What is Blockchain and How Will It Affect Real Estate? 
• Meet Lana Jones, AVP & Escrow Officer
• Company Fact Sheet: FY2018
• New Cook County Pricing List Effective May 20, 2019
• New ALTA Endorsement Forms Adopted December 1, 2018
• Cycle for Survival: Go Team CT!
• Wire Safe: Important Wire Fraud Alert for Parties to Real Estate Transactions

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• There's a New Guy in Charge! 
• Cook County Recorder of Deeds Public Notice
• Company Fact Sheet: MY2018
• Updated 2018 Endorsement Handbook
• City of Chicago Zoning Certificate Notification
• Important Wire Fraud Alert for Parties to Real Estate Transactions
• Playworks 7th Annual Kickball Tournament

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Remembering Doug Karlen
• Meet Angie Yoo
• Folded Flag Fundraising Event
• Full Year 2017 Company Fact Sheet
• FREE Online CLE Courses for our Attorney Customers

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• The New 2016 ALTA Commitment Form Webinar Available Online
• Corporate Memo: New 2016 ALTA Commitment Form
• Karlen's Korner: Look for State Liens
• Meet Kathy McCoy
• Holiday Video from Chicago Title, NCS Chicago
• Download the Chicago Metro Transfer Tax List
• Download the New Endorsement Handbook
• New Regional Counsel Announcement

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Bisnow: Chicago Title's Ed Burton on the Midyear State of Chicago Commercial Real Estate
• Meet Terri Spears, Commercial Underwriter
• Chicago Title's History: 1847 to Present
• CTtalk: How Residential Surveys Affect Title Insurance and the Closing Process
• Why Do You Need a Closing Protect Letter in Illinois
• 2Q2017 Company Fact Sheet
• 1031 Tax Reform Update

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Bisnow: Travel Back to the '70s Title Insurance Industry with Chicago Title's Nancy Castro
• CTtalk: CC&Rs
• Proposed Tax Reform Plan Could Put 1031 Exchanges on the Chopping Block
• Bill Touhill is Retiring After 56 Years with Chicago Title, Chicago NCS
• How Strong is Your Password?

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Bisnow Interview - Q&A with CT: Tackling the UCC Policy
• Karlen's Korner: A Bleachers Story
• Meet Julie Hirschfeld, AVP, Associate National Counsel
• Season's Greetings!  CT Chicago NCS Holiday Video
• CTtalk: Easements 101

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• As Seen on Bisnow: This Mistake May Delay Your Closing
• Karlen's Korner: A Revised Limited Liability Company Act
• Meet Lucas Kmiec, Associate National Counsel
• Resources: New Features Added to Our Website!
• More Than Just a Title Company: ALS Walk for Life, Employee Appreciate Event, John Marshall's 20th Anniversary Celebration

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Bisnow Interview: SVP Ed Burton on the State of the Chicago Market
• Karlen's Korner - Certificate of Trust: A New Title Clearance Document
• Meet Brienne Berscheid, AVP/Construction Escrow Underwriter
• Webinar - Wire Fraud: Protect Your Clients & Your Firm
• PHOTO: CT Chicago NCS participates in the JPMorgan Corporate Challenge!

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Karlen's Korner: What's New in Mortgage and Mortgage Foreclosure Law
• You Spoke. We Listened: Chicago Title - Chicago NCS New Website!
• Meet Ann Minarik
• Important Changes to the City of Chicago Transfer Stamp Purchases & Penalties
• Chicago Title's New Series: #CTtalk
• Get Connected!  Follow Us on Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn!

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Karlen's Korner: Bond in Lieu of Property - Something New in Mechanics Lien Law
• Know Before You Close: CFPB Readiness
• Meet Regina Springer
• ILTA Presidential Award presented to Paul Peterson
• Company Fact Sheet: Mid Year 2015
• Tech Changes Affecting Your Next Deal

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Karlen's Korner: The Case for Interpleader
• Know Before You Close: CFPB Readiness
• Meet Our Chicago Title Family
• New Schemes Defrauding Businesses: Wire Payment Fraud
• CLE Seminars

Topics Covered in this Edition:

• Karlen's Korner: Presumptively Void Transfers - A New Law
• Know Before You Close: CFPB Readiness
• Meet Andres Bardelas
• New Zoning Compliance Requirement for Cook County Property