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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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Aug
6
2016
New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Coverage Under a Developer’s Commercial General Liability Policy for a Subcontractor’s Faulty Workmanship Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Jul
15
2016
How South Florida Real Estate Developers Are Reducing Litigation Risk Bilzin Sumberg
Jul
7
2016
Texas Supreme Court Rules that General Contractor is Not a Seller Entitled to Statutory Indemnity Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
29
2016
Arizona Homeowners Who Purchase Directly From Homebuilders May Seek Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jun
23
2016
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Defective Work of Subcrontractor Can be "Occurrence" Under Modern Standard-Form CGL Policy Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
22
2016
Affordable Housing Takes Front Seat at New Orleans Mayor’s 2016 State of the City Jones Walker LLP
May
31
2016
Government Claims Against Contractors and Developers Subject to Statute of Repose Filing Deadlines, Arizona Court of Appeals Rules Dickinson Wright PLLC
May
29
2016
Expensive Discovery an Unfortunate Consequence of a Provision Intended to Prevent Costly Litigation ArentFox Schiff LLP
May
23
2016
OSHA Issues New Spring Regulatory Agenda Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
20
2016
IRS Revises Recent Begin Construction Guidance McDermott Will & Emery
May
13
2016
IRS Updates Guidance on the Beginning of Construction Rule for Renewable Energy Production Tax Credits Bracewell LLP
May
10
2016
General Contractor's False Certifications Bar it From Any Recovery From Owner Murtha Cullina
May
10
2016
Construction Financing and Mechanics’ Liens in Connecticut Murtha Cullina
May
5
2016
Illinois Appellate Court Limits — for Now — Subsequent Purchaser’s Ability to Seek Damages from Design Professional Under Implied Warranty of Habitability Much Shelist, P.C.
May
5
2016
Your Rights in OSHA Jobsite Inspection Much Shelist, P.C.
May
4
2016
Are Private Development Projects Covered by Prevailing Wage Laws? Polsinelli PC
Apr
27
2016
New Jersey Affordable Housing Oversight: Q & A Stark & Stark
Apr
25
2016
UPDATE – City of Los Angeles Releases List of 13,500 Soft First Story Buildings Targeted for Earthquake Retrofitting Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
22
2016
New York Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Coverage Under Blanket Ordinance or Law Coverage Endorsement Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
18
2016
You’ve Got Damage from a Construction Defect – How Do You Know How Much Invasive Testing is Sufficient? Stark & Stark
Apr
6
2016
California Unfolds Contractor's Professional Negligence Claim Against Geotechnical Engineer in Absence of Privity Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
6
2016
Lessor of Equipment Entitled to Miller Act Recovery, Even Though Manufacturer Delivered Equipment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
6
2016
Illinois Federal Court Decision Holds Alleged Property Damage Outside of Subcontractor's Scope of Work Triggers Duty to Defend Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
6
2016
Time is Money: Ohio Supreme Court Weighs in on Liquidated Damages for Delayed Roadwork Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
20
2016
One Year Later: Avoiding Unfavorable Risk Weighting of Acquisition, Development, and Construction Loans for Commercial Real Estate Projects Poyner Spruill LLP
Mar
18
2016
An OSHA Violation Today Can Cost You Almost 80% More in Penalties After August 1, 2016 Polsinelli PC
Mar
14
2016
Softwood Lumber, Construction and Building Products Companies in Limbo as U.S. and Canada Attempt to Resolve New Softwood Lumber Dispute Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
11
2016
Pay and Chase Insurer for Settlement? Better Get a Release Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
 

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