Illinois Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation
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Recent News About Illinois Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation
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Appeals court: IL agency wrongly ordered therapist to turn over mental health notes, state must pay legal bills
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, represented by IL A/G, can't use legal doctrine of 'sovereign immunity' to escape demand to pay therapist's legal bills in fight over state's wrongful order to present mental health care notes for doctor seeking to restart career -
IL regulators fine title agency PNTN $14M for letting lawyers not registered as agents sell title insurance
An organization which provides services to and promotes the role of attorneys in the title transfer process in real estate transactions has come under the scrutiny of state regulators, which has ordered $14 million in fines for allegedly allowing attorneys who are not registered as title insurance agents to score commissions from the sale of title insurance policies. -
Judge blocks IL regulators from compelling new title insurance disclosures to homebuyers
A Cook County judge has signed off on an order blocking Illinois state regulators from rolling out new disclosure requirements for attorneys and other agents involved in helping property buyers and lenders obtain title insurance. The legal challenge asserts the state overstepped the law, specifically in requiring attorneys to disclose fees earned in title insurance transactions. -
IL Bar Assn: State overreach threatens ability of property tax lawyers to work; State: Lawyers can't be appraisers
A Cook County judge could soon weigh in on a legal fight between Illinois’ largest association of lawyers and a state regulatory agency, over the question of whether that state agency has the authority to effectively bar Illinois property tax lawyers from offering estimates of a property’s value when representing property owners before a state or county property tax appeal board.