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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
7
2016
No Appeal to Housing Court for Major Development Projects Says Top Mass. Court Beveridge & Diamond PC
Feb
24
2016
Prospective Reasonableness: Assessing Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
18
2016
The Transition Engineering Report: Triggering The Statute of Limitations in Condominium Construction Defect Cases Stark & Stark
Feb
15
2016
Sixth Circuit Examines “Tainted Goods” Claim Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
14
2016
Lessons from Lumber Liquidators’ Recent Lacey Act Criminal Sentence: Are You Exposed to Costly Environmental Compliance Risks? Beveridge & Diamond PC
Feb
12
2016
District Department of Energy & Environment Releases Pre-Draft of “Air Quality Permit Fees and Synthetic Minor Permitting Program” Beveridge & Diamond PC
Feb
6
2016
OSHA May Have Given Up on Combustible Dust Rule before End of Obama Administration Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
5
2016
California OSHA Moves to Align with Federal OSHA Construction Fall Protection Requirements Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
3
2016
New Wisconsin Sales and Use Tax Exemption Could Affect Your Upcoming Construction Project Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
20
2016
Department of Energy Issues Funding Opportunity Announcement “BENEFIT 2016” Mintz
Jan
14
2016
Home Improvement Contractor Liable Under Consumer Protection Act for Building Code Violations Despite Owner Directing Contractor to Perform Work in that Manner Murtha Cullina
Jan
6
2016
OSHA’s Withdrawal of Slips, Trips and Falls Rule May Harm Defenses to Citations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
6
2016
Construction Workers and Construction Site Injuries Stark & Stark
Jan
4
2016
Contractor Terminated by Owner Can Sue Architect for Interference Murtha Cullina
Dec
30
2015
Workers Cannot Recover Lost Wages from Contractor Responsible for Explosion that Shut Down Project Murtha Cullina
Dec
18
2015
Indiana Supreme Court Addresses Lien Claimant’s Right to Recover Attorneys’ Fees upon Bonding Off of Lien Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
18
2015
Michigan Court of Appeals Extends Personal Liability to Principal of Architectural Firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
18
2015
Double Damages? Ohio Court Allows Additional Recovery for Failure to Comply with Code Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
17
2015
Making Claim Against Bond on Municipal Project Stark & Stark
Dec
13
2015
Missouri Department of Labor Issues Important Memo on Prevailing Wage Armstrong Teasdale
Dec
7
2015
Illinois Supreme Court Victory, Restoring Key Lien Rights to Design Professionals Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
4
2015
Subcontractor, Temporary Staffing Agency not Joint Employers, NLRB Regional Director Decides Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
2
2015
NC Business Court On Arbitrability: Clear And Unmistakable Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Oct
28
2015
OSHA’s New Confined Space Rules May Squeeze Unwary Employers Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
27
2015
New Jersey State’s New Construction Code Provides for Stricter Building Requirements in Coastal Areas Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Oct
25
2015
Massachusetts Appeals Court Ruling: Contractor Justified Not Paying Subcontractor That Refused To Perform Work Murtha Cullina
Oct
21
2015
West Virginia Supreme Court Finds No Duty to Defend or Indemnify Under CGL Policy For Contractor’s Work Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
16
2015
North Carolina General Assembly Adopts Protection for Tenants in Foreclosure Actions Poyner Spruill LLP
 

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