Lawmakers in Alaska have passed a comprehensive bill to update the terminology, definitions and procedures governing secure transactions and electronic records in the state, including delivery of electronic documents of title.

California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced on July 1 that five financial companies were being compelled to return more than $1.3 million to customers charged excessive commissions.

A New York jury has rendered a guilty verdict against a 63-year-old man for using fake deeds to steal two brownstones in Harlem valued at about $4.7 million, according to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

More than 90 years of legal precedent on presidential authority over independent federal agencies, set by the 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, was overturned on June 29 by a Supreme Court ruling.

A property in Aurora, Colo., was foreclosed by the local municipality which failed to notify the correct owner, leading to a court-ordered voided foreclosure and invalidated interests. The property’s new owner appealed the lower court decision.

Under the statutes of a law recently signed by Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, mortgage servicers operating in the state will be required to adhere to updated capital, liquidity and accounting standards.

In early June, Michigan State Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would ban home insurance companies from using price optimization to set their rates.

In a recent bulletin, the Texas Department of Insurance reminded all regulated entities that they must ensure their decisions and actions, especially those influenced by advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, comply with existing insurance laws and regulations.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on June 25 the arrest and indictment of a Queens (N.Y.) man for stealing the home of an elderly woman living in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, while she was receiving dementia care in her home.