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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
23
2020
Employer Responsibilities to Provide a Safe Workplace During COVID-19 Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Mar
11
2024
Court Rules That Financed Residential Solar System Is a Consumer Good, Not a Fixture Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
18
2019
OZ Flash: Newly Issued Proposed Regulations and the Administration’s Remarks are a Boon to the OZ Incentive K&L Gates
Jul
24
2013
“Automatic Variance” Bill For Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Base Elevations Passes New Jersey Legislature Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Feb
14
2011
Court to Lenders: Strict Compliance with Local Recording Requirements Necessary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
5
2020
Industrial Demand Drops Less Than Other Sectors Due to Increased Online Shopping Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
30
2019
The Second Set of Proposed Opportunity Zone Regulations Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
1
2013
Medical Office Today Talks Office Timeshares Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
9
2015
FAA Grants Drone Exemptions for Real Estate, Agricultural Use Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
11
2011
Residential Foreclosures: Lenders Become Landlords Williams Mullen
Aug
18
2020
Executive Orders, Administrative Court Orders, and Legislation: The Ever-Changing NY Landscape on Foreclosures, Evictions, and Out-of-State Travel Mintz
Apr
1
2024
From Local Initiatives to State Legislation: Assessing the Influence of the Enhancement Bill on Florida's Live Local Act Nelson Mullins
May
7
2019
Executive Summary: IRS Issues Second Installment of Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund (QOF) Proposed Regulations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
7
2022
New Requirements for Residential Landlords in Florida Nelson Mullins
May
16
2017
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Properly Perfected Assignment of Rents Not Property of Bankruptcy Estate Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
9
2013
Unusual Circumstances: California Supreme Court Upholds Limited Use of Future Conditions Baseline Under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
31
2011
Valuing Real Property for Bankruptcy and Foreclosure – A Lender’s Cautionary Tale Poyner Spruill LLP
Sep
8
2020
COVID-19 Evictions and Foreclosures Update: Massachusetts – 9/8/2020 Pierce Atwood LLP
Apr
8
2024
Q&A on UK High Street Rental Auctions Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
22
2013
Raleigh's New Unified Development Code (UDO) Takes Effect September 1 - What Does It Mean for Development? Poyner Spruill LLP
Apr
18
2024
IRS Issues New Favorable Pipeline Ruling for REITs Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
12
2017
Tenth Circuit Finds CERCLA Contribution Claim Not Barred by Bankruptcy Approval of a Settlement Estimating Liability for the Site Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
6
2013
Raleigh's New Form-Based Unified Development Ordinance Takes Effect, With Broad Implications Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
17
2015
House Bill Seeks to Amend Illinois' Premises Liability Act Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
May
25
2011
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Head Accused of Lying at House Committee Hearing Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Oct
1
2020
Singapore Company Introduces Drones to Urban Building Inspection Robinson & Cole 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
Sep
24
2013
Reincarnating Terminally Ill Golf Course Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 
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