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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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Jan
16
2015
Mine Safety Commission Rejects Lessened Penalties Set by Judge in Two Cases, but Upholds Reduction in a Third Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
8
2015
How Energy Can Play a Role in City-Building and Urban Revitalization Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Jan
7
2015
New Legislative Requirements For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations At California Commercial Properties Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
6
2015
Safe Dam Act Casts Broad Net - New Jersey Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Jan
5
2015
What You Need To Know: Boston and Cambridge Energy Use Disclosure Ordinances Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Jan
4
2015
D.C. Circuit Upholds Employment Regulations Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
29
2014
Real Estate Index Possibly Obscuring Full Picture Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
27
2014
XTO Energy, Inc. to Restore Areas Damaged by Natural Gas Extraction Activities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
23
2014
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Orders Contributions to Housing Trust Fund Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
23
2014
Raleigh (North Carolina) Updates Public on the Citywide Zoning Re-Mapping Process Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
23
2014
Operator’s Delay in Beginning MSHA Inspection Not Unreasonable, Judge Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
22
2014
Raleigh, North Carolina "Splits" Department of Planning and Development Into Two New Departments Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
21
2014
Los Angeles Mayor Proposes Mandatory Earthquake Retrofitting for Commercial and Residential Buildings Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
19
2014
Turnin’ Havana to Atlanta: The White House Opens Doors for U.S. Telecommunications Investment in Cuba and Latin America Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
19
2014
NJ DEP Extends Coastal Rules Without Acting On Substantive Changes Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
19
2014
Globalize Miami Series: PortMiami and its Significance to Miami’s Growth Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
18
2014
One Step Closer to Normalizing Relations with Cuba Faegre Drinker
Dec
17
2014
New York Bans High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
17
2014
New In-Lieu Fee Compensatory Mitigation Option Available for Adverse Impacts to Wetlands Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Dec
17
2014
Florida: A Model for P3 (Public-private Partnerships) Legislation Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
17
2014
OSHA’s New Reporting Requirements Will Not Apply In Kentucky McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Dec
16
2014
City of Los Angeles Delays Issuance of Demolition Permits for Most Structures More Than 45 Years Old Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
16
2014
ACCSH Debates Employer Recordkeeping Obligations and other OSHA Initiatives Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
16
2014
North Carolina Court of Appeals: Restrictive Covenant Prohibiting "Store" Does Not Prohibit "Parking" for a Prohibited Store Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
16
2014
Fraudulent Concealment Will Toll Statute of Limitations on Payment Bonds Against Innocent Surety Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
16
2014
New Illinois Ruling Enforces Cause of Action Accrual Provisions and Holds that Express Indemnity Claims In A Construction Contract Are Subject to a 10 Year Statute of Limitations Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
15
2014
Ohio Appellate Court Enforces Notice Provision and Denies Contractor Delay Damages Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
15
2014
Architect’s Markings on Drawings Did Not Trump Terms of Construction Contract Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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