RESPRO® RESPA Regulatory Compliance Seminars

Monday, November 15, 2010 – Los Angeles, California
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 – Chicago, Illinois

RESPRO® is hosting its second consecutive year RESPA Regulatory Compliance Seminars with two of the nation’s top RESPA experts -- Jay Varon of Foley & Lardner, LLP and Phil Schulman of K&L Gates LLP.

Not only did the attendees of our 2009 RESPA Regulatory Compliance Seminars with Phil and Jay earn 6 CLE Credits, but 78% rated them as “Excellent”!

This year’s Seminars will give you the latest in what has been a groundbreaking year of RESPA regulatory developments.  Highlights include:

  • The New RESPA Regulatory Environment for Marketing Agreements:  How HUD’s June 25, 2010 Interpretative Rule setting RESPA guidelines for how home warranty companies can compensate real estate brokers and agents will set the framework  for marketing agreements throughout the mortgage, real estate, and title/settlement services industry. 
  • The Top RESPA Class Action Targets in 2010:  What activities have drawn the plaintiff’s bar’s attention in 2010, and  whether the July 2010 federal district court decision in Carter v. Wells-Bowen Realty that HUD’s Sham Joint Venture Guidelines will affect RESPA enforcement in the future.
  • HUD’s New Rulemaking on Consumer Incentives and Affiliated Busiensses: A lay of the land for what HUD and other regulators consider to be an illegal “required use” under RESPA and what to expect from HUD’s new round of rulemaking on homebuilders incentives, affiliated businesses & one-stop shopping.
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau & What It Means for RESPA:  How the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – which soon will take over RESPA rulemaking and enforcement from HUD with expanded authority and a broad new array of penalties – will affect RESPA rulemaking and enforcement.     
  • The Top Ten Remaining Implementation Challenges for the New RESPA Disclosures:  An overview of what regulators and/or the plaintiff’s bar have done to enforce the new RESPA rule since it took effect on January 1, 2010 and what the top ten remaining implementation challenges are.
  • How to Price Your Services Under RESPA:  How to minimize your legal risks when your incrrease your prices, or charge new fees.
  • The View From HUD:  A presentation from a top HUD RESPA official about HUD’s newly revamped RESPA regulatory and enforcement division, its Interpretive Rule on Home Warranties, and its pending rulemaking on consumer incentives and affiliated businesses.
  • Open Question and Answer Period With RESPA Experts:  A set-aside time to ask RESPA experts your pressing RESPA questions.