FNF Sub to Buy LaSalle Land Trust Assets

Chicago Title Land Trust Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has acquired the land trust business assets of LaSalle Bank NA, according to FNF.The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The land trust assets of the bank will be merged into the operations of Chicago Title, creating what FNF said will be the largest provider of land trustee services in the Eastern United States. Chicago Title will assume more than 34,000 land trusts under the acquisition, and key members of the LaSalle Bank land trust operations will join Chicago Title. FNF can be found on the Web at http://www.fnf.com.