CLE: New FinCEN Rule to Safeguard Residential Real Estate March 2026

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CLE: New FinCEN Rule to Safeguard Residential Real Estate March 2026

Advisory
Written by: New York County Lawyers Association Continuing Education Institute
Published On: Mar 05, 2026
Category: Press Release

New York, NYThe New York County Lawyers Association announces that registration is open for:

New FinCEN Rule to Safeguard Residential Real Estate

Monday March 16, 2026 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

COURSE DETAILS

Beginning March 1, 2026, the U.S. Treasury’s Department of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) starts to enforce new federal reporting requirements designed to make it harder to hide illicit money in United States housing.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Federal government enforcement of U.S. anti-money laundering compliance and regulations

  • U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

  • Background and history of GTOs from 2016

  • Reporting requirements, a.k.a. Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs), for specific all-cash financial residential real estate transactions involving particular entities (not individuals)

  • Covered transactions and covered businesses

FACULTY

Jason Ganfer, Goldberg Segalla, Co-Chair NYCLA’s Real Estate Section; 

Margaret Ling, NYS Agency Underwriting Counsel and Education Director, Am Trust Title Insurance Company, Co-Chair NYCLA’s Real Estate Section and Asian Practice Committee.

About the New York County Lawyers Association
The New York County Lawyers Association
(www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.

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