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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
10
2019
New Washington Legislation Drives Energy Conservation in Commercial Buildings Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
1
2019
It’s Not What You Thought You Signed That Counts: Chancery Court Rejects Plaintiffs’ Claims For Breach of Contract Plaintiffs Thought They Had Made K&L Gates
Jul
1
2019
Weekly IRS Roundup June 24-28, 2019 McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
28
2019
Mass. High Court Says Not All Divisions of Land Require Planning Board Approval, Dismisses Prospect of “Wild Deeds” Pierce Atwood LLP
Jun
27
2019
Briefing: QOZ Update: IRS Provides Relief for Early Investments of Net Section 1231 Gain Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
27
2019
Supplier Diversity: Untapped Resource for Construction Companies Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
27
2019
Coral Gables Zoning Law: Modified Open Space Zoning Code Creates New Design Challenges Bilzin Sumberg
Jun
21
2019
Seattle's Energy Efficiency as a Service Pilot Program Promises Major Benefits for Building Owners, Utilities, and Conservation Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jun
18
2019
Location, Location, Location: A Primer on Qualified Opportunity Zones von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jun
18
2019
Construction One-Minute Read: Illinois Fails to Make General Contractors Responsible for All Wages on Private Projects Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jun
12
2019
Project Proponents: Five Tips to Use ESG Criteria in Drawing More Infrastructure Investors ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
11
2019
OSHA's RFI on its Lockout/Tagout Standard: An Opportunity and a Challenge Keller and Heckman LLP
Jun
8
2019
Capitalizing on Opportunity Zones Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
Jun
3
2019
Practical Completion: Clarifying A "Trifling" Topic K&L Gates
Jun
3
2019
NEC4 Update – May 2019 K&L Gates
Jun
3
2019
Will They or Won’t They: A Look at Some Significant Proposed California Legislation Relating to Leaves, Disability, and Other Protected Time Off Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
3
2019
CFPB Updates TRID Rule FAQs to Address Construction Loans Ballard Spahr LLP
May
30
2019
P3 Trends: Rise in Private Placement Financing of Mid-Size P3s Bilzin Sumberg
May
24
2019
National P3 Update: Higher Education and Social Infrastructure Bilzin Sumberg
May
24
2019
Claimants Need Not Record Complaints to Enforce Lien Dissolution Bonds Under Mintz
May
24
2019
Labor Development Impacting Developers, Contractors, and Landowners Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
23
2019
Public Trust Doctrine: Implications of New Public Access Law for Beachfront and Other Tidal Land Owners Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
May
23
2019
Spoliation of Evidence in Construction Litigation Stark & Stark
May
21
2019
Senators Introduce Report-Card Legislation to Measure the Impact of Opportunity Zone Investments K&L Gates
May
21
2019
Worth the Wait: Second Round of Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations Clears the Way for Many OZ Investments K&L Gates
May
18
2019
Inside The Beltway: Housing Infrastructure In The 116th Congress Ballard Spahr LLP
May
17
2019
Miami-Dade County Zoning: Administrative Requirements of Workforce Housing Bonuses Bilzin Sumberg
May
14
2019
Are P3s the Answer to U.S. Infrastructure Issues? Bilzin Sumberg
 

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