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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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Custom text Organization
Oct
28
2015
Land Use – Transportation Impact Fees Stark & Stark
Feb
13
2020
Final Regulations on Expanded Authority of CFIUS to Review Foreign Investor Transactions Go into Effect Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
May
14
2018
UK Government Proposes Beneficial Owners Registry of Overseas Companies That Own UK Property Katten
Nov
20
2015
Illinois Supreme Court Holds Trustee of Land Trust is Entitled to Rescind Reverse Mortgage For Failure to Comply With TILA ArentFox Schiff LLP
May
4
2023
The MOAC Decision: Implications for DIP Lenders, Not Just for Asset Purchasers Polsinelli PC
May
27
2014
The Koontz Decision; Back to Florida re: Government Property Takings Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
11
2012
Low Income Housing Tax Credits considered part of Creditor’s Claim Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
18
2015
North Carolina Court of Appeals Rules Emerald Isle’s Restriction on Use of Privately Owned Oceanfront Property is Not Compensable “Taking” Under Constitution Poyner Spruill LLP
May
19
2023
Renters' Reform Bill - Examining Government Plans to Transform the Private Rented Sector K&L Gates
Mar
9
2020
How California’s New Housing Crisis Act Can Help Developers Get Their Projects Done K&L Gates
Jun
12
2014
What Drives Value In Miami’s Hospitality Industry? Bilzin Sumberg
Sep
3
2012
Park Dedicated in a Plat Cuts-off Riparian Rights Varnum LLP
Jun
21
2018
Third Circuit Rejects Challenge to School District's Bathroom Policy for Transgender Students Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
6
2016
What Two Recent California Supreme Court Rulings Mean for Analysis of Environmental Impact at Project Sites and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protected Species Katten
Jun
1
2023
At least two Supreme Court Justices think there's a limit to Congress's ability to fix the Clean Water Act Mintz
Aug
30
2021
Boston's Acting Mayor is Rescinding the Downtown Municipal Harbor Plan. What's Next? Mintz
Mar
18
2020
Client Alert: Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19: What Hotel Owners and Operators Need to Know Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Jun
21
2014
Massachusetts Sues Fannie and Freddie for Blocking Home Buybacks Bilzin Sumberg
Sep
20
2012
Members' Tenants - In or Out? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
5
2018
CFPB Addresses Partial HMDA Exemption for Certain Depository Lenders Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
22
2016
FinCEN Regulations Will Aim to Discover and Prevent Money Laundering ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
9
2023
Big SALT Changes in the Louisiana Legislature Jones Walker LLP
Sep
10
2021
Locally Sourced Cannabis Laws: The Importance of Zoning in Cannabis Operations Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
9
2012
Proposed Legislation to Prevent Cottage Uncapping – A Benefit to Cottage Owners? Or a Planning Curse in Disguise? Varnum LLP
Jun
15
2023
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows WOTUS, Limiting Scope of Clean Water Act Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jul
16
2014
City of Miami Adopts Public-Private Partnership Ordinance Bilzin Sumberg
Nov
3
2012
National Priorities List Additions Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
31
2018
AFFH Suit Against HUD Dismissed Ballard Spahr LLP
 
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