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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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31
2023
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Aug
27
2014
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Apr
18
2016
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Dec
9
2021
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Apr
8
2020
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Nov
1
2018
Unsolicited Proposals for Public-Private Partnerships Bilzin Sumberg
Jan
13
2013
No Prescriptive Right to Dock in Plat Varnum LLP
Apr
11
2020
COVID-19 and Like-Kind Exchanges and Opportunity Zone Investments Polsinelli PC
Jun
14
2023
Court Granted Mandamus Relief To Vacate A Temporary Restraining Order In A Fiduciary Case Winstead
May
25
2016
North Carolina Court of Appeals Caps UST Damages to Diminution in Property Value Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jan
14
2022
The Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or Managers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
27
2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Final Qualified Mortgage Rule and Proposed Amendments to Ability to Repay Rule Katten
Dec
5
2018
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Jun
23
2023
Updated Texas Property Tax Incentives Program Adds New Wrinkles Bracewell LLP
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1
2014
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9
2016
Wisconsin Law Update: Interrupting Adverse Possession and Adverse Use Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jan
29
2022
California’s Density Bonus Law Prevails with Recent Win in San Diego Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
9
2013
New Jersey Coastal Property Owners’ Rights Upheld Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Apr
20
2020
Foreclosure and Eviction Moratoriums Under the CARES Act Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
18
2018
After Foreclosure, New Owners Must Perfect Title Before Serving a Three-Day Notice to Quit Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
23
2023
Rhode Island State LIHTC: Another Step Towards Affordable Housing Polsinelli PC
Jul
1
2016
Classic Private Property Rights and Public Coffers Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
22
2013
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Jan
10
2019
Ohio Governor Signs Law Exempting Landmen from Licensing Requirement Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jul
12
2023
FHA Proposes New Partial Claim Loss Mitigation for Struggling Borrowers Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jul
28
2016
Quasi-Judical Land Use Proceedings: No Doubting Thomases Allowed! Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 
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