Carlton Fields Shareholder and Co-Leader of the firm’s Title Insurance industry group, Chris Smart, wrote the cover story for the July 2017 issue of Title News, the official publication of the American Land Title Association. The article, “The 2016 ALTA Commitment: Expressing Limitations on Liability,” summarizes the changes to one of the standard title insurance forms with focus on the new notice and the express prescription on the title insurance issuing agent’s limited role on behalf of the title insurer.
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