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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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Apr
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2018
IRS Expands Remedial Action for Nonqualified Use of Tax-Advantaged Bonds Mintz
Oct
22
2015
West Virginia Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Landlords’ Homeowner’s Insurance Policy to Tenant’s Insurable Interest Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Dec
2
2022
Measure ULA – An Additional Transfer Tax on Real Estate Transfers Katten
May
8
2014
Considerations Before Co-Signing on a Mortgage McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jul
20
2012
Earnest Money - What Everyone Ought to Know Williams Kastner
Nov
4
2015
Chicago Mayor’s Tax-Heavy Budget Passes: Lease and Amusement Tax Implications McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
28
2022
Deed Warranties and Why They Should Matter To You Ward and Smith, P.A.
May
19
2014
New Bills Introduced Affecting Mechanics Liens in North Carolina Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
18
2021
Lease Dispute Series: Real Estate Taxes Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
2
2012
Court Holds Third Party Purchasers May Not Shorten Mortgage Foreclosure Redemption Period For Abandoned Properties Varnum LLP
May
18
2018
Federal Qualified Opportunity Zones Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
1
2015
Hamilton Township (New Jersey) Revaluation Update: Values to be Mailed to Property Owners in January 2016 Stark & Stark
Jan
9
2023
California Supreme Court Denies Review Of Default Interest Decision Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
3
2014
Buying Standing? Buyer Beware. Re: Doctrine of Standing Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
3
2021
Short-Term Rentals Regulations: Not Always a Day at the Beach for Municipalities Ward and Smith, P.A.
Aug
17
2012
Bay Mills Indian Community Gets Green Light to Reopen Vanderbilt Casino Varnum LLP
Jan
20
2023
BOEM Proposes Regulations to Improve Offshore Wind Lease Auction Processes and Project Development Timelines K&L Gates
Jun
18
2014
Michigan “Lakefront” Buyers Beware Varnum LLP
Mar
15
2021
What Colorado Commercial Property Owners Should Know About Property Valuation Approaches Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
14
2012
“Slam Dunk” Liability Defense Does Not Abrogate Duty to Defend Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Jan
8
2016
Legislation Affecting Energy Credits and FIRPTA Rules Bracewell LLP
Jun
25
2014
P3s (Public-Private Partnerships) are a Viable Tool for Convention Center Development Bilzin Sumberg
Mar
29
2021
New York State Lawmakers Consider New Taxes on Mezzanine and Preferred Equity Financing, Owners of Second "Pied-à-Terre" Homes in Bid to Cover Budget Gap Katten
Jul
13
2018
Massachusetts Court Rules on LIHTC Right of First Refusal Provisions Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
2
2016
Texas Supreme Court Examines Liability for Property Owners Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Feb
15
2023
It’s Déjà Vu All Over – Tuesday Morning Files a Chapter 22 Bankruptcy Stark & Stark
Oct
16
2012
Michigan Supreme Court Remands Cherryland After Enactment of Legislation Deeming Solvency Covenants of Non-Recourse Loans Unenforceable Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
9
2018
UK Real Property Beneficial Ownership Register – Draft Legislation Published Katten
 

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