Construction, Property, Utilities, & Real Estate Law

HB Ad Slot
HB Mobile Ad Slot

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. 

National Law Review Property/Real Estate/Construction TwitterFor hourly updates on the latest construction and real estate law news, be sure to follow our Construction & Property Law X (formerly Twitter) feed, and sign up for complimentary e-news bulletins.

Recent Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure & Zoning News

Title
Custom text Organization
May
15
2014
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Rezoned: City of Raleigh to Begin City-Wide Rezoning and "Remapping" Process Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
27
2012
Dower - An Old Law With New Headaches McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Nov
17
2015
Another Cyber-Risk: Hacks That Cause Property Damage and Interrupt Business Processes Bilzin Sumberg
Mar
18
2020
Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Keller and Heckman LLP
May
28
2014
New 2-Year Statutory Extension for Certain Florida Environmental & Development Permits Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
6
2023
Florida Enacts Pole Attachment Regulations for Electric Cooperatives Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
15
2015
Breaking Up is Hard to Do…Marks & Spencer v. BNP Paribas Securities Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
12
2014
Landlords, Make Sure Your Eviction is URLTA-Compliant - Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Sep
4
2012
What You Need to Know About the New SEC Rule Requiring Additional Reporting by Resource Extraction Issuers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
20
2018
HUD Reconsiders 2013 Disparate Impact Final Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
30
2015
It’s Getting Easier to do Business in Massachusetts Murtha Cullina
Mar
25
2020
Real Estate Private Equity: COVID-19 and Corporate Tax Residence Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
30
2018
Modernizing Real Estate Records With Blockchain Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
5
2021
Can I Challenge the Authority of a Condemning Party in Ohio? Roetzel & Andress LPA
Mar
27
2020
FCRA and Yelp: Online Reviews no Place for Personal Financial Information Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
3
2014
Mortgage Prequalification versus Preapproval McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Nov
1
2021
CFPB Issues Debt Collection Guidance and Creates More Uncertainty for Mortgage Servicers Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Feb
10
2016
2016 ALTA/NSPS (formerly ALTA/ACSM) Land Title Survey Standards Mintz
Mar
31
2020
Governor Evers Orders Suspension of Evictions and Foreclosures for 60 Days During COVID-19 Crisis Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
Jul
17
2014
Choice of Entity Is Important for Budding Businesses McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jul
11
2023
Global Banking Regulators Plan to Develop Short-Term Climate Scenarios Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
6
2012
The "Golden Rules" of Negotiating Retail Leases von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Aug
24
2018
IRS Publishes Proposed Section 199A Regulations McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
1
2016
California Supreme Court Opens Door For Wrongful Foreclosure Lawsuits and Challenges to Transfers of Mortgages: Practical Implications and Options Moving Forward Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
2
2020
Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium – Potential Pitfalls and Mitigating Litigation Risks Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
30
2014
Merger between Trulia And Zillow Has Some Concerned, Others Not McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jul
19
2023
First Criminal Syndicated Conservation Easement Trial Begins this Week Polsinelli PC
Nov
19
2012
N.C. Court of Appeals Addresses Powers of Attorney In Context of Commercial Development Loans Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 

NLR Logo

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up to receive our free e-Newsbulletins

 

Sign Up for e-NewsBulletins