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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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28
2021
More Breathing Room for Commercial Tenants in Bankruptcy Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jun
10
2014
North Carolina Trial Court Rules Unconstitutional State Law Transferring Ownership of City's Water System Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
7
2015
Maine Supreme Court Looks Past City Planner's "Unprofessional" Plea to Zoning Board of Appeals Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
22
2012
Sandbar Abuses – Don’t let the Cool Water Become Hot Water Varnum LLP
Sep
18
2017
HUD Reminds RAD Participants of HAP Effective Date Flexibility Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
18
2021
Industrial Comes Roaring Back to Record High Optimism Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
20
2024
City of Chicago Approves Ordinance to Require Registration of Vacant Storefronts Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
Jun
19
2014
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Phase Out Use of Older Standard Practice for Site Assessments ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
17
2015
Zoning Deficiencies Not Cured by Existing Structures Exception for Approval Not Required (ANR) Plans Beveridge & Diamond PC
Sep
12
2019
Three Major Workplace Bills to Land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Desk Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
12
2022
FTC, DFPI Shut Down Mortgage Relief Operation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
22
2012
EPA Adds 12 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List / Eight Other Sites Proposed To Be Added U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mar
1
2021
Time is Running Out to Contest your 2020 Property Tax Value in Ohio Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jul
1
2024
CFPB: Ineffective Loan Servicing is an Abusive Act or Practice Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jun
30
2014
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Recent Developments: June 9, 2014 - June 13, 2014 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
8
2015
Is Urban Renewal Miami’s Next Economic Engine? Bilzin Sumberg
Sep
25
2019
The court confirms that landlords have the right to forfeit a lease if its tenant enters a CVA. What practical impact does this have on landlord claims? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
6
2022
Suspected of Running a Rental Housing Cartel, RealPage Faces Litigation and a Federal Investigation MoginRubin
Oct
3
2012
Prepare for Substantial Increases in Title Insurance Fees Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
17
2017
Material New Developments in the Reprivatization of Property in Warsaw Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
11
2021
COVID-19: Government Extends the Eviction Ban for Commercial Leases to 30 June 2021 K&L Gates
Jul
10
2024
The Corporate Transparency Act: HOAs Don’t Need that Kind of Transparency Winstead
Jul
14
2014
Bureau of Indian Affairs Publishes Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Rights of Way Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Mar
29
2021
California Takes Steps to Incorporate Environmental Justice into Permitting Decisions Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
24
2014
Real Estate Overlay Zoning in Kentucky McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
3
2015
How New SEC Focus Will Affect South Florida Real Estate Private Equity Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
18
2019
Implicit Bias and Disparate Impact Claims: A Primer for Employers (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
11
2023
EPA Endorses New Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 
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