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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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Oct
2
2023
Update: Portugal Ends Real Estate Investment Visa Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
23
2014
New Michigan Law Effective in 2015 is an Important Win for Cottage Owners Varnum LLP
Mar
14
2013
IRS Releases Audit Memorandum on Another Historic Tax Credits "HTC" Transaction Katten
Jan
4
2019
CFPB Announces Opening of HMDA Data Filing Period Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
18
2016
Appellate Division Finds No Jurisdiction Over Defendant Company After Sale of Its New York Assets: Be Sure to Sue Before Your Defendant Moves Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
3
2022
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Private Company Can Exercise Federal Condemnation Authority Over State-Owned Land Roetzel & Andress LPA
Apr
27
2020
COVID-19: Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (April 13, 2020) and the CARES Act – treatment of mortgage loan forbearances and modifications for mortgage loans in REMICs and fixed investment trusts K&L Gates
Oct
31
2014
Six Federal Agencies Jointly Approve Final Risk Retention Rule Katten
Mar
20
2013
Attorneys Can Be Considered Debt Collectors Under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) Varnum LLP
Aug
9
2016
UK Homeownership: To Buy or Not to Buy? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
14
2022
Does the Class Action Fairness Act Allow Appeals of Sua Sponte Remand Orders? Robinson & Cole LLP
Oct
26
2023
The Property Law Act 2023 Introduces Major Reforms K&L Gates
May
1
2020
Economic and Financial Uncertainty: How a Homeowners Association Can Protect Itself Ward and Smith, P.A.
Apr
3
2013
Department of Energy (DOE) Issues Guide For Developing Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects on Federal Land McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
7
2019
Excess Exemption QTIP Trust & How It Works PracticePanther
Sep
2
2016
Michigan: No Prescriptive Rights Arise from Misuse of Dedicated Area Varnum LLP
Mar
28
2022
Louisiana Tax Commission Issues Statewide Advisory Regarding Severe Weather Event on March 22 Jones Walker LLP
Nov
9
2023
Equity and Civil Rights Issues in the White House Executive Order on AI Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
7
2020
Rent Obligations on Retail Space in the Midst of a Pandemic: A Path Forward for Landlords and Tenants Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Apr
22
2013
Upcoming Webinar: Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
20
2019
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Leaves Freeway Designation Up to Wisconsin Department of Transportation von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
27
2013
Certain Residential Developments Exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review: Greenhouse Gas Emission Issues Do Not Constitute New Information Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
28
2019
Obama Presidential Center Decision Reinforces Bar for Citizen Suit Standing ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
26
2016
Final Regulations Define “Real Property” for REITs: Considerations for Renewable Energy and Transmission Assets McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
21
2022
Court of Appeal Holds No-Project Alternative Analysis May Mean More When Conversation is an Option and Reinforces Low Barrier to Entry Under the Exhaustion Doctrine Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
12
2023
Texas Court Holds That Venue Is Appropriate In County Where The Trustee Resided Under The Texas Trust Code, Which Trumps Other Venue Statutes Winstead
May
29
2009
Loan Prepayment Penalties in Illinois: An Update on Enforceability Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
13
2019
Recommended Review of Estate Plan Due to Tax Law Changes Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
 
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