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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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2020
PFAS Considerations From a Supreme Court Decision CMBG3 Law
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No Harm, No Foul: No False Advertisement Where Trade Association Failed to Show Injury McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
19
2013
New Decision Helps Multifamily Developers by Striking Down a Restrictive Local Ordinance Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
1
2019
LLC Real Estate Broker Bill Stalls Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
25
2011
CleanTech Opportunities On The Rise Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
29
2024
Debt Purchase Transactions: Beware of the Risks Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
20
2020
New York State Supreme Court Temporarily Halts UCC Foreclosure of Mezzanine Loan Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jul
7
2022
U.S. Supreme Court Effectively Expands Its Controversial 2005 Kelo Decision Roetzel & Andress LPA
Jul
31
2013
TSI East Brunswick, LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Twp. of East Brunswick, Clarifies Standard Of Proof Applicable To Negative Criteria For Conditional Use Variances Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Feb
28
2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
9
2017
Landlord Rights and Responsibilities in Commercial Tenant Bankruptcies Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Sep
9
2020
Non-Recourse Guaranties in the Age of COVID-19 Faegre Drinker
Jul
25
2022
Community Association Building Blocks - Privacy and Data Security [VIDEO] Ward and Smith, P.A.
Aug
7
2013
City of Asheville and North Carolina Play Game of "Marco Polo" Over Water System Ownership Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
26
2017
Dubai: Memoranda of Understanding to Foster Institutional Real Estate Investment Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
17
2024
KELLER WILLIAMS IN TCPA TROUBLE AGAIN: Big Jurisdictional Loss Further Erodes Argument Real Estate Brokers Aren’t Responsible for Conduct of Agents Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
22
2020
Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic [VIDEO] Winstead
Aug
20
2013
State of North Carolina Files Lawsuit Over Its Ownership of River Beds Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
16
2011
To Avoid Assuming Fiduciary Duties, Mortgage Lenders Should Take Care to Avoid Acting as Mortgage Brokers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
7
2017
Why Assumption Clauses in Amendments Matter von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
9
2015
California Court Decision Confirms Shopping Center's Right To Limit Expressive Activity to Designated Areas Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
26
2024
Maine Law Court Upholds Sanctions Against Pro Se Litigant in Foreclosure Cases Pierce Atwood LLP
Oct
7
2020
California Wildfires: Commissioner Lara Makes Several Requests of Residential Property Insurers McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
24
2022
Real Estate Leases in the Hemp and Cannabis World Ward and Smith, P.A.
Aug
29
2013
Latest Development on Brazos River Senior Water Rights Call Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jun
26
2019
Supreme Court Update: Knick v. Township of Scott (No. 17-647), NC Dep’t of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust (No. 18-457), PDR Network v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic (No. 17-1705), and McDonough v. Smith (No. 18-485). Wiggin and Dana LLP
Feb
23
2015
Ohio Supreme Court Invalidates Local Fracking Restrictions ArentFox Schiff LLP
May
9
2024
Importance of Negotiating Maintenance, Repair and Replacement Obligations in Health Care Leases Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 
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