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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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Mar
25
2020
The Federal Reserve’s Powers to Pave the Way for Continued Development and Construction Through Covid-19 Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
24
2020
Real Estate Development in the Time of Coronavirus: Massachusetts - Update 4/2/2020 Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
24
2020
Protecting Your Payment Rights in the Wake of the Coronavirus Ward and Smith, P.A.
Mar
23
2020
Businesses May Have Insurance That Could Lessen the Economic Impact of COVID-19 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
23
2020
Governor’s Executive Order on the COVID-19 Virus Qualifies as a “Natural Emergency” – Allows for Tolling of Permits Hill Ward Henderson
Mar
23
2020
Emergency Rule – Rhode Island Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board (CRLB) Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
23
2020
Massachusetts Closes Non-Essential Businesses Effective March 24 — Construction Designated Essential Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
21
2020
Proceed, Pause or Be Damned? Immediate Construction Contract Considerations for Owners and Contractors Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
Mar
20
2020
COVID-19: Coronavirus Concerns Prompt Two-week Halt To All Construction In Boston K&L Gates
Mar
19
2020
Construction Projects Suspended in Cambridge MA Until Further Notice Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
19
2020
Signing a Construction Contract in the Middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic . . . Two Contract Clauses to Consider Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
19
2020
Some Jurisdictions Granting Permit Extensions, However Previously Used Gubernatorial Declaration of State of Emergency Extensions of Development Orders and Building Permits May Not Be Available for COVID-19 Bilzin Sumberg
Mar
19
2020
Steps to Take if You Receive a Subcontractor’s COVID-19 Work Suspension Notice Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
18
2020
Implications on Home Improvement Contracts: Practical Considerations When COVID-19 Causes Delayed Performance or Cancellation of Your Home Improvement Contract von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Mar
18
2020
Potential Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Construction Projects Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
18
2020
Failure to Include A No-Build Analysis in Project Description Does Not Violate CEQA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
17
2020
City of Boston’s Press Release on Suspending Construction in Boston Effective March 17th Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
17
2020
Contractors: Its Time to Send Your COVID-19 Notice Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
17
2020
Consumer Brands Association Urges U.S. Government to Prevent Global Export Restrictions on Materials Needed to Treat and Prevent the Coronavirus Keller and Heckman LLP
Mar
16
2020
Weekly IRS Roundup March 9 – 13, 2020 McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
11
2020
SJC Announces Outcome Prior to Decision, Reverses Appeals Court Decision, and Upholds Dismissal of a Zoning Appeal for Lack of Standing Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
10
2020
Is Your Construction Project at Risk for Delays or Damages Because of the Coronavirus? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Mar
9
2020
OSHA’s Enforcement of the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for General Industry, 2018–2019: By the Numbers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
6
2020
Caution When Approaching Artistry Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
5
2020
Will Claims Against Closely-Held Condominium Developers Be Thwarted by New York’s Newly-Adopted Uniform Voidable Transactions Act? Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
4
2020
NYC Amends its Façade Inspection and Safety Program to Push Building Owners into Action Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
3
2020
An Unfounded Lien: What’s an Owner to Do? And Can it Recover its Attorneys’ Fees? Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
2
2020
Who Will Bear the Risk and Cost for Coronavirus Construction Delays? A Contractual Analysis Robinson & Cole LLP
 

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