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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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Jul
19
2017
CFPB Loses Borders Case: the Court Construes RESPA’s Statutory ABA Exemption according to its Plain Language Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
29
2024
Build-To-Rent - Australian Income Tax Concessions: Foundations Laid, but Potential Cracks and Missing Features May yet Plague a Promising Development K&L Gates
Jul
24
2019
HUD Announces Suspension of Effective Date for New Down Payment Assistance Requirements Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
30
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Law Update - September 30, 2013 Mintz
Mar
18
2015
The UK Budget 2015 – What Does It Mean For Planning? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
10
2024
Final Regulations on Domestically Controlled REITs Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
10
2020
Further Uncertainty for UK Commercial Landlords as Extension to Prohibition on Forfeiture is Announced Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
19
2011
Is this a Security? Tamer Salameh, et al, Plaintiffs v. Tarsadia Hotels Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
26
2017
CFPB Issues Temporary Amendment to HMDA Rule Reporting Threshold Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
31
2015
New York Lawmakers Agree on Brownfield Law Extension With Less Drastic Changes to Tax Credits Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
21
2024
Colorado Enacts Artificial Intelligence Legislation Affecting AI Systems Developers, Deployers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
23
2020
NY Court of Appeals Decides Who Gets Access to Required “Open Space” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
23
2022
2021 CFPB Annual Report Shows Increase in Home Purchase Loans, Decrease in Refinancing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
29
2013
Fourth Circuit Rejects Surface Owners’ Trespass Claim Against Drilling Operator Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
12
2011
Avoid Unnecessary Real Property Taxes Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Sep
7
2017
Ever Hear Of A Emphyteutic Leasehold? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
9
2015
Landlord Can Sell Property and Still Recover Unpaid Rent Varnum LLP
May
31
2024
Remediation in Progress Waiver Not Recognized as a Property Interest and Does Not Require Due Process Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Oct
2
2022
Insulation Contracting Firm and Co-Owner Sentenced for Rigging Bids and Fraud The U.S. Department of Justice
Nov
6
2013
Indiana Supreme Court Revisits and Reaffirms Constitutionality of Tax Sale Mortgagee Notice Requirements Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
28
2011
IRS Issues Final Regulations on Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
20
2017
Vapor Intrusion: Why Property Owners and Purchasers Really Need to Pay Attention Dickinson Wright PLLC
Apr
23
2015
Abuse of Discretion Not Shown By Court’s Failure To “Show Its Arithmetic” in Significantly Reducing Claimed Attorney Fees in CEQA Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
9
2021
California Wineries Required to Comply with New Statewide Waste Discharge Order Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
3
2019
TCPA Cases Against Realtors For Calls By Independent Agents Uncertifiable? So Holds the First District Court to Consider the Issue Troutman Amin, LLP
Nov
18
2013
Is the Florida Land Trust the Right Plan for Canadians? Altro LLP
Sep
27
2011
Mortgage Industry to Face Centralized Repository for State Regulatory Enforcement Actions - Deadline for Comments is September 20, 2011 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
6
2017
Timing And Buildout Considerations in Lease LOIs Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 

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