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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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7
2017
Ever Hear Of A Emphyteutic Leasehold? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
1
2021
Time is Running Out to Contest your 2020 Property Tax Value in Ohio Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
9
2014
New California Statutes Potentially Increase Owners’ and Developers’ Exposure Under the Prevailing Wage Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
9
2015
Landlord Can Sell Property and Still Recover Unpaid Rent Varnum LLP
Nov
30
2022
Illinois Condominium Act: Supreme Court Refuses to Acknowledge New Private Right of Action for Sellers Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Dec
13
2011
Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS): A Twenty First Century Creation Navigating An Eighteenth Century Legal System University of South Carolina School of Law
Sep
20
2017
Vapor Intrusion: Why Property Owners and Purchasers Really Need to Pay Attention Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
11
2021
COVID-19: Government Extends the Eviction Ban for Commercial Leases to 30 June 2021 K&L Gates
Jan
25
2014
New Phosphorus Compliance Legislation Introduced in Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
23
2015
Abuse of Discretion Not Shown By Court’s Failure To “Show Its Arithmetic” in Significantly Reducing Claimed Attorney Fees in CEQA Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
4
2019
CFIUS Proposed Rules Target Critical Technology, Sensitive Personal Data and Real Estate Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
20
2022
EPA Amends All Appropriate Inquiries Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jan
14
2012
Michigan Riparian Rights: 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Varnum LLP
Oct
6
2017
Timing And Buildout Considerations in Lease LOIs Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
29
2021
California Takes Steps to Incorporate Environmental Justice into Permitting Decisions Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
6
2014
One Day Left to Share Your Comments about the Closing Process with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)! McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
May
12
2015
CFPB, DOJ Show Renewed Interest in Pursuing “Redlining” Cases Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
18
2019
The Great and Powerful (Tax Benefits of) OZ: Opportunity Zone Information Now Available in a Nationwide Website Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
9
2012
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Nonmetallic Mining Ordinance is not a Zoning Ordinance Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
9
2021
What Do You Mean I Can’t Place the List of Delinquent Homeowners on the Clubhouse Door? Community Association Pitfalls: State and Federal Collection Laws Ward and Smith, P.A.
Feb
17
2014
Conservation and Energy Provisions are Important Parts of New Farm Legislation Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
26
2015
Partition Me? Unmarried Joint Tenants with Full Rights of Survivorship Fail to State a Claim in Michigan Varnum LLP
Oct
31
2019
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: New Jersey Proposes Legislation Proscribing Hairstyle Discrimination Similar to Current New York and California Laws Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Mar
9
2012
New Jersey Appellate Court Resurrects COAH (Council on Affordable Housing) Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Jun
5
2015
CFPB Director Cordray Issues First-Ever Agency Appellate Decision in RESPA Case Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
9
2019
Mass. Appeals Court Highlights Workaround for Identifying a Public Way Pierce Atwood LLP
Feb
1
2023
The Design-Build Contract Blueprint: Exploring the Boundaries of Architectural Services for General Contractors Ward and Smith, P.A.
Nov
20
2017
Can a Condo Association Recover Past-Due Amounts After Owner Files Bankruptcy? Stark & Stark
 

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