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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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11
2013
Arizona’s Broad Anti-Deficiency Protection Confirmed Dickinson Wright PLLC
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12
2014
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Jul
3
2020
Court Holds That Decedent’s Residence Was Homestead That Was Exempt From Claims Against Her Estate Winstead
Jan
19
2024
Conditional Approval is Project Approval: Appellate Court Confirms CEQA Statute of Limitations Triggered by Tentative Map Approval Conditioned on Subsequent Rezoning Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
19
2011
Thinking About Storage Options for Your Corn Crop? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Nov
24
2014
Florida Court Casts Doubt on Ability to Rely on Account Histories of Prior Note Holders and Servicers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
31
2024
Alabama Supreme Court Narrows Grounds to Challenge Mortgage Foreclosure Sales Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
4
2019
Revenue Procedure 2019-17 – The IRS Issues Helpful Guidance on Qualified Residential Rental Projects Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
6
2013
Midnight Raid 2.0, Hotel Management Agreements Under Siege Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
23
2020
New Florida Receivership Statute Gives Commercial Mortgage Lenders Potential Leverage Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
13
2024
FHA Makes Rule Changes for Branch Registration Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
9
2017
Fourth Circuit Hands Victory to Lenders in Chapter 13 Mortgage Case Ward and Smith, P.A.
Nov
19
2013
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Aug
3
2020
Master in Chancery Dismissive of Fiduciary Seek Dismissal, Applies familiar 12(B)(6) Standard K&L Gates
Sep
25
2011
The Changing Landscape of the Business Records Exception under Florida Law and its Impact on Florida Foreclosures Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
30
2019
The Second Set of Proposed Opportunity Zone Regulations Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
20
2017
No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Regulating Smoking Within Community Associations Ward and Smith, P.A.
Dec
5
2013
Abandonment Does Not Lift Stay Re: Bankruptcy Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
17
2014
30 Projects Announced to Support Michigan Specialty Crop Growers Varnum LLP
Aug
17
2020
IRS Issues REIT-Favorable Ruling for Taxable REIT Subsidiary in Private Equity International Healthcare Acquisition McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
4
2024
10 Legal Issues for Nonprofit and Association Leadership in 2024 ArentFox Schiff LLP
Oct
19
2011
GOP Candidates in Foreclosure Capital Say Government Not the Solution to Crisis Center for Public Integrity
May
7
2019
Executive Summary: IRS Issues Second Installment of Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund (QOF) Proposed Regulations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
24
2013
How Can I Get a Cell Tower on My Property? Varnum LLP
Sep
4
2020
COVID-19 Update: CDC Order Temporarily Halts Residential Evictions Nationwide until December 31, 2020 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
11
2024
Importance of Negotiating Operating Expense Provisions in Health Care Leases Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov
10
2011
Recent Baylake Bank Case Questions a City’s Ability to Enforce Development Agreement Penalties as Taxes Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
12
2014
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