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
Jun
6
2017
Reducción De Impuesto A Las Ventas Sobre La Renta Comercial En Florida Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
23
2024
Boston’s Squares + Streets Zoning Initiative Advances Goulston & Storrs
Sep
10
2013
Innovative Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan Seeks to Revitalize Neglected Los Angeles Neighborhood Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
19
2017
Third Circuit Court Rebuffs Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus RESPA “Continuing Violations” Theory Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
15
2020
Is There an HSR Sea Change on the Horizon? Advance Notice Seeks Information on Possible Amendments to Numerous Provisions of the HSR Rules Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
27
2019
Inside The Beltway: Housing Reform In 2019? Ballard Spahr LLP
May
8
2024
Japan: FSA Requires Real Estate Funds Take Additional Safeguards Against Conflicts of Interest K&L Gates
Sep
25
2013
Sell the Cell Lease Separately (When Selling Real Estate) Varnum LLP
Jun
24
2011
Did I Really Sign That? When Signed Affidavits Are Altered Before Filing Much Shelist, P.C.
Jul
10
2017
Take No Chances with Regulatory Takings: Three Tips in the Wake of Murr v. Wisconsin ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
2
2015
Finding a Paperless Panacea: Use of Electronic Signatures in Retail Real Estate Transactions von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Nov
11
2020
Another Setback for Pennsylvania Landlords Stark & Stark
Jul
12
2019
Don't Jump Without a Parachute! Understanding Community Association Insurance Needs Ward and Smith, P.A.
Mar
11
2015
CEQA “Common Sense” Exemption Upheld; Environmental Baseline for Project Following Improvements Pursuant to an Emergency Exemption Clarified Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
25
2020
California Property Tax Changes to Parent-Child Exclusion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
28
2024
Recently Effective & Pending State Housing Laws: 2024 Land Use, Environmental & Natural Resources Update Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
29
2022
An Investment Worth Making: How Structural Changes to the EB-5 Program Can Ensure Real Estate Developers Build a Good Foundation for Their Capital Projects K&L Gates
Aug
14
2017
Federal Tax Liens In Foreclosure Proceedings Ward and Smith, P.A.
Mar
26
2015
Take My Home, Please: In Wake of Court Decision, North Carolina General Assembly Seeks to Repeal "Map Act" Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
5
2013
Georgia High Court Certifies Landowner Class in Noxious Fumes Suit Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
30
2017
Can Anything Be Done to Stop the PennEast Pipeline? Stark & Stark
Apr
6
2015
New Russian CFC Rules Will Impact Inbound U.S. Tax Planning Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
19
2019
Court of Appeal Rules HERO Cannot Save Previously Vacated Rental Units Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
15
2024
City Council Approves City of Yes for Economic Opportunity, with Modifications Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
17
2013
GOCE Satellite Makes Fiery Fall to Earth Re: European Space Agency’s Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
2
2022
Commonwealth Court Restricts the Pending Ordinance Doctrine Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
Sep
21
2011
Too Little, Too Late For Plaintiff's Fraud-Based Mortgage Lawsuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
26
2019
Mass. Legislature Weighs Changes to Zoning Act; Quick Decision on Plaintiff’s Standing is Proposed Pierce Atwood 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