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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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29
2020
Residential Eviction Protections and California Consumer Financial Protections Pass Muster During 2020 Legislative Session Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
15
2017
Update – City of Los Angeles Affordable Housing Linkage Fee Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
18
2019
Does An Attorney's Fee Clause Survive Contract Rescission? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
2
2013
The North Carolina Supreme Court: Metrics for 2013 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
19
2015
A New Year And A New Arizona Anti-Deficiency Statute re: Mortgages Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Jul
5
2011
Nevada Assembly Bill 273: Nevada Passes Legislation Adversely Affecting Lenders Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
15
2024
SCOTUS Decision May Limit Municipalities’ Ability to Collect Impact Fees Polsinelli PC
Oct
15
2020
COVID-19 Commercial Real Estate Update: Quarter Day Analysis and Room for Optimism Faegre Drinker
Jun
27
2019
DACA Recipients Are Ineligible For FHA Mortgage Insurance Officially, But Lending To DACA Recipients And Other Immigrant Communities Is Subject To Many Unresolved Compliance Challenges K&L Gates
Feb
26
2015
Mortgage Servicers and the Need for Whistleblowers Mahany Law
May
23
2024
Florida State Sales Tax Rate on Most Commercial Leases Reduced to 2% Beginning June 1 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
27
2022
Hurricane Coming? Know Your Insurance Policy Hill Ward Henderson
Jul
21
2017
Additional Opportunity to Extend Development Orders & Building Permits Bilzin Sumberg
Jul
12
2019
Senate Passes Bill That Would Amend SCRA to Expand Spousal Lease Termination Rights Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
31
2013
Keep It Clean: EPA Endorses New American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standard for Conducting Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
7
2015
California Supreme Court Announces New Test for CEQA “Unusual Circumstances” Exception Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
19
2011
Understanding Security--Where Does All the Hotel Guest Data Go? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
3
2024
Key Takeaways from the North Texas Real Estate Summit Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
24
2020
London Real Estate Practice Quarterly Update for Overseas Investors | Autumn 2020 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
9
2017
Upcoming Amendments to Bankruptcy Rule 3002 to Impact Bankruptcy Filing Practices for Mortgagees K&L Gates
Nov
12
2013
Auction Rigger Enters Guilty Plea McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
15
2011
Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
26
2022
Should I Stay or Should I Go: Second Circuit Holds that Mortgagee Violated Automatic Stay by Foreclosing on Property where Bankrupt Tenant was a Named Defendant Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Dec
14
2020
Community Association Building Blocks - Navigating Litigation with Directors & Officers Coverage [VIDEO] Ward and Smith, P.A.
Aug
29
2017
Dealing with the Unexpected: Filing an Insurance Claim Stark & Stark
Sep
26
2011
Business Interruption Claims in the Hospitality Industry Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
21
2024
Are “Per Day” Fines Legal? Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
28
2020
Housing Cooperatives and PPP Loans- Is It Time To Rejoice? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
 
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