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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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2014
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28
2023
Tenancy by the Entirety is Not an Absolute Shield Against Creditors Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
Jun
3
2021
For Finance Lenders, The Times They Are A-Changing Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
23
2019
This Land (Was) Your Land: Mass. Appeals Court Updates Law on Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements Pierce Atwood LLP
Apr
15
2014
Five Key Issues for the Parties to a Sublease Sherin and Lodgen LLP
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18
2015
Clean Power Plan, State Tax: Indian Nations Law Update - August 2015 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
8
2012
Getting the Deal Done – Cities Can Help! Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
16
2021
CFPB Issues Mortgage Servicing FAQs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
21
2018
New HMDA Guide Issued by the FFIEC Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
25
2014
First Texas Fracking Case Results in Verdict for Plaintiffs Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
5
2015
363 Sale Denied because Secured Creditor not Paid in Full from Proceeds Mintz
Apr
20
2023
Massachusetts Enacts New Law to Allow For 100% Remote Notarization Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Jun
29
2021
Biden Administration Continues Fair Lending Efforts as HUD Announces Proposal to Restore the Discriminatory Effects Rule Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
22
2020
Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones Proskauer Rose LLP
May
8
2014
Considerations Before Co-Signing on a Mortgage McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Sep
22
2015
State Lands Commission Land Exchanges Not Exempt from CEQA Review Absent a Title or Boundary Dispute; Actual Notice Doesn’t Satisfy CEQA Notice Requirements Under Public Resources Code Section 21177(e) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
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Bed Bath & Beyond Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In the United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Jul
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2012
Earnest Money - What Everyone Ought to Know Williams Kastner
Mar
20
2018
The Rise of Short-Term Apartment Rentals: Concerns and Opportunities for Multifamily Owners Mintz
May
15
2014
Proposed Rules Would Offer Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Status to Certain Solar Assets Mintz
Oct
9
2015
Redevelopment Strikes Back Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
2
2012
Bankruptcy Court Holds Michigan Does Not Recognize A General Common Law Landlord’s Lien on Personal Property of Tenant Varnum LLP
Jul
15
2021
Analysis of CFPB’s New Ability-to-Repay Rule for Qualified Mortgages Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
7
2020
Mass. Appeals Court Broadly Construes Two-Year Bar on Repetitive Zoning Amendments Pierce Atwood LLP
May
29
2014
Why Use an Exclusive Use Clause? McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
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22
2023
Five Frequently Asked Questions About Divorce Property Division in Michigan Varnum LLP
Aug
14
2012
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