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Real Estate, both commercial and residential, is constantly evolving. The National Law Review covers the latest legal analysis in real estate and construction law across a variety of governmental levels—state and federal. Additionally, NLR covers updates related to transportation and other utilities and public works.

Public and private construction projects, financing, mortgages, tax cuts and incentives, foreclosures, and other topics are covered regularly and updated routinely on the site. Other areas covered include litigation, mediation, and arbitration which affects owners/contractors/subcontractors in the field, government agency news, and coverage of news/stories related to lenders, insurers, and sureties in the industry.

Public work issues are also covered frequently by the National Law Review. Infrastructure financing, topics including entitlements, development rights, property rights, the public-private partnership (P3), permitting, local ordinances, variances, and different legislation/restrictions in development. Coverage of development and property owner rights, cases involving homeowners associations, fees, pending litigation, and changes to local/state/federal ordinances and variances, are also available.

Additionally, the National Law Review covers regulations and legislation as it relates to mortgages and other real estate lending requirements; including, the requirements imposed on lenders under RESPA, and other news from the CFPB as it relates to homeownership and mortgage procedures, such as the Know Before You Owe Rule.

Articles related to highway safety, transportation news, and other utilities-topics, are also covered by the National Law Review. Coverage of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and changes to the organization are analyzed by NLR legal experts. The emerging technology of autonomous vehicles, developments in that technology, and the emerging regulation around driverless cars are analyzed, and the impact of this game-changing technology is considered.

In the construction arena, reporting worker injuries on the job site, and coverage of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) laws are extensively reported on by the attorney writers at the National Law Review. 

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Recent Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure & Zoning News

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Jan
24
2014
Boilerplate Language May Brew Trouble McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Oct
11
2017
Zoning-Immune Government Building Retains Its Protected Status Upon Transfer to Private Party Beveridge & Diamond PC
Feb
26
2021
It's No Big Deal, Until It Is: Why Vendor Contracts Matter for Community Associations Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jan
11
2012
Regulatory Update: SEC Adopts Final Rules Defining "Accredited Investor" Consistent with Dodd-Frank Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
19
2024
CFPB’s New Mortgage Servicing Rule: A Post-Pandemic Overhaul Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
9
2023
Spaced Out – The Shift Away from Minimum Parking Requirements ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
4
2014
Litigation Team Successfully Represents Commercial Landlord At Trial Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Oct
18
2017
CFPB Further Updates HMDA Rule Guidance Materials Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
5
2012
Avoiding Pitfalls in Home Mortgage Foreclosures: Recent Changes to Michigan Law Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
2
2019
Thomas Cook – The Financial Impact of Failure Beyond the Holidaymakers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
26
2024
Bipartisan House Working Group Releases Report Calling for Increased Oversight of AI in the Financial Services and Housing Markets – AI: The Washington Report Mintz
Jan
19
2023
Mass. SJC: $3.5 Million Payday for Torrent of Errant Golf Balls Not a Fore-Gone Conclusion Pierce Atwood LLP
Feb
17
2014
Agricultural Programs Could Gain Higher Funding in 2014 Varnum LLP
Mar
25
2021
New York’s Proposed Tax on Mezzanine Debt, Preferred Equity May Have Adverse Implications for NY Lenders, Borrowers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
7
2012
Legislation Proposed in State of Michigan to Declare Solvency Covenants of Non-Recourse Loans Unenforceable: Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
11
2015
Bonding off a Private Mechanic’s Lien In Kentucky McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Oct
16
2019
New York City Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Discrimination Based on National Origin, Immigrant Status Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
2
2024
Addressing Inefficiencies in the Energy Sector: The Proposed Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
2
2023
ESG and the Commercial Real Estate Industry: Financing Options and Tax Incentives for a Greener Future ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
27
2014
Check the Zoning Regulations Before Operating a Business Out of Your Home! McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Apr
7
2021
MEES Update K&L Gates
Mar
26
2012
Italy: Senate Approves Draft Revision of Restrictions to PV Plants on Agricultural Ground McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
25
2015
Supreme Court Fair Housing Ruling: Will Plaintiff Housing Victory Help Employers? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
27
2019
Governor Newsom Signs Tenant Protection Act of 2019: What Residential Landlords Need to Know About the Capped Rent Increases and New Eviction Protocols Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
10
2024
Navigating the Complexities of Tax Lien Investments in Georgia: Time Horizons, Legal Challenges, and Strategies for Success Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
15
2023
Leaving the Nest: Healthy Community Association Transition Ward and Smith, P.A.
Mar
9
2014
Joint Venturer May Be Partner By Estoppel Re: Nevada Business Organizations Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
15
2017
Don’t Overlook Your Property Taxes This Holiday Season Dickinson Wright PLLC
 
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