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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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Mar
22
2017
New Jersey Court Upholds Association Revocation of Parking Privileges Stark & Stark
Mar
4
2024
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Aug
10
2020
San Francisco Proposes Doubling Transfer Tax for Certain Real Estate Transactions Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
17
2013
Supreme Court Will Hear Bay Mills v. Michigan Next Term Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
2
2019
Treasury Provides Additional Guidance On Opportunity Zone Provisions McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
10
2017
Top 10 Issues Facing Financial Institutions in 2017: #10 – Compliance with Consumer Laws ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
8
2024
UK Spring Budget 2024 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
26
2020
Major South Carolina Appellate Decision on Property Tax Exemption Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
23
2013
Oregon Court Upholds Vineyard's Conditional Use Permit Despite the "Wine" of Others Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
10
2011
New Alternatives to Condominium Structure for Florida Real Estate Developers Duane Morris LLP
Apr
25
2017
Riparian Rights: Is Your Neighbor’s Dock on Your Property? Varnum LLP
Mar
20
2024
Gold Dome Report - Committee Work Day 2 Nelson Mullins
Jun
30
2022
No Harm, No Foul: No False Advertisement Where Trade Association Failed to Show Injury McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
16
2020
The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium and the Pending Lawsuit to Stop It Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
1
2013
Victory for Wisconsin Businesses, Municipalities and Property Owners in Lake Koshkonong Case Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
31
2019
Supreme Court Maximizes Statute of Limitations for Relators Suing Under the False Claims Act Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
29
2024
Debt Purchase Transactions: Beware of the Risks Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
7
2022
U.S. Supreme Court Effectively Expands Its Controversial 2005 Kelo Decision Roetzel & Andress LPA
Sep
29
2020
Residential Eviction Protections and California Consumer Financial Protections Pass Muster During 2020 Legislative Session Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
9
2013
Imperfect Fit: Abercrombie Store Threatens Location In Tailored-Clothing Mecca Savile Row Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
30
2017
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Municipalities to Sue Banks for Foreclosure Losses Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
30
2015
New Illinois Laws in 2015 Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jul
25
2022
Community Association Building Blocks - Privacy and Data Security [VIDEO] Ward and Smith, P.A.
Oct
15
2020
COVID-19 Commercial Real Estate Update: Quarter Day Analysis and Room for Optimism Faegre Drinker
Aug
22
2013
Project Blue: A UK Stamp Duty Land Tax Case That Made Headlines Katten
Jun
28
2019
Miami-Dade County Zoning Law: Mandatory Minimum Electric Vehicle Parking Ordinance Passed Bilzin Sumberg
Jun
9
2017
Week Ahead in European Parliament – June 9, 2017: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Committee on Legal Affairs; ENVI Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
17
2024
KELLER WILLIAMS IN TCPA TROUBLE AGAIN: Big Jurisdictional Loss Further Erodes Argument Real Estate Brokers Aren’t Responsible for Conduct of Agents Troutman Amin, LLP
 

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