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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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Feb
5
2019
Can a Government Contractor Bring a False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation Claim? Zuckerman Law
Feb
1
2019
7th Circuit Rules Church’s RLUIPA Claims Against Markham, Illinois Ripe for Review Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
30
2019
Risk Management and the Development / Construction Industry [Podcast] Carlton Fields
Jan
28
2019
OSHA Releases New Silica FAQs for General Industry Keller and Heckman LLP
Jan
18
2019
Opportunity Zones Create Funding Alternative for Social Infrastructure Projects Bilzin Sumberg
Jan
17
2019
Pay First, Ask Questions Later: Court of Appeal Ruling on “Smash and Grab” Adjudications in S&T (UK) Limited vs. Grove Developments Limited K&L Gates
Jan
17
2019
Empire "Blockchain" Building K&L Gates
Jan
15
2019
Illinois Supreme Court Reverses 35 Years of Precedent Regarding Homeowners’ Implied Warranty of Habitability Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
14
2019
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Construction Contract Season. Is your District Positioned for Success When Ground is Broken? von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
10
2019
Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Landlord’s Attempt to Vacate Arbitration Award Carlton Fields
Jan
9
2019
English High Court Refuses to Set Aside an Order for Enforcement of an International Arbitration Award Carlton Fields
Jan
3
2019
Bar Association Fees and the Supreme Court’s Summary Disposition PracticePanther
Jan
2
2019
Proposed Changes to EPA’s Stormwater Permit for Construction Sites Robinson & Cole LLP
Dec
30
2018
Homebuyers’ Implied Warranty of Habitability Suit Against Subcontractors Is Frozen out by Illinois Supreme Court Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
29
2018
Higher-Education P3s Continue to Gain Momentum Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
19
2018
OSHA’s Emergency Eyewash Standard for Construction is Invalid, OSHRC Holds Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
18
2018
New Jersey Lien Law vs. Pennsylvania Lien Law: Notice and Timing Differences Stark & Stark
Dec
18
2018
Federal Court in Connecticut Enforces Policy’s Crumbling Foundation Plain Language in Dismissing Claims Against Insurers Carlton Fields
Dec
17
2018
Late-Filed Appeal to Zoning Board is a Nullity, Not a Springboard to Constructive Approval Pierce Atwood LLP
Dec
13
2018
President Trump Signs Executive Order Promoting Opportunity Zones Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
10
2018
Intentional Accidents: California Supreme Court Announces that General Commercial Liability Policies Apply to Negligent Hiring, Training, and Supervising Claims for Failing to Prevent Intentional Torts Carlton Fields
Dec
6
2018
Shingled Out: Eleventh Circuit Binds Homeowners to Individual Arbitration Provisions Displayed on Roofing Shingle Packaging Carlton Fields
Dec
5
2018
NJ HMFA Seeks Comments on Proposed Amendments to Low Income Housing Tax Credits Qualified Action Plan Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
5
2018
Arbitration Award Against HGTV Designer Confirmed Due to Failure to Raise Fairness Objections During Arbitration Carlton Fields
Dec
4
2018
How Contractors Become Responsible For Project Design - Podcast Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Nov
26
2018
EPA Proposes to Clarify Areas Excluded from Clean Air Act’s Definition of “Ambient Air” ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
21
2018
Dealing With a Derelict Subcontractor Stark & Stark
Nov
20
2018
Right-to-Work Law Gets Stamp of Approval From Kentucky Supreme Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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