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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
2
2014
Will Your LOTO (Lockout/Tagout) Program Stand Up to an OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Inspection? - Part 2 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
28
2014
Will Your Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Program Stand Up to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Inspection? - Part 1 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
27
2014
Appealing Real Estate Assessments in Wisconsin Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Feb
27
2014
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Construction Industry Misclassification Statute Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
26
2014
Know Your Contract, Follow Its Terms: Simple Steps That Can Help You Prevail In A Dispute Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
26
2014
Today's Contracts Enforceability Issue: No Damages for Delay or Disruption Clauses Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
19
2014
More Extensions to OSHA’s Crane and Derrick in Construction Standard - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
13
2014
D.C. Circuit Vacates FCC’s (Federal Communications Commission) Net Neutrality Rules Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Feb
11
2014
How to Meet the Critical 2013 "Begin Construction" Requirement for Renewable Energy Tax Credits Even Though It's 2014 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Feb
8
2014
California AB 1103 Update: Nonresidential Building Energy Use Disclosure Requirements Now In Effect Mintz
Feb
4
2014
California Dreamin'? New Energy Use Disclosure Program Requirements not Just Pie in the California Sky von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
4
2014
Energy and Environmental Law Update - February 3, 2014 Mintz
Feb
2
2014
Construction Contracts and the Fine Print – When Its Bite is Worse Than Its Bark von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
29
2014
Contractors Need to Update Policies and Procedures to Provide Recovery Periods for Outdoor Workers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
28
2014
Texas Supreme Court Rejects Insurer Attempt to Expand Limited Insurance Exclusion for Liability Assumed by Contract, Holding that Insurer Must Defend Construction Defect Dispute Against Insured Gilbert LLP
Jan
23
2014
Court of Federal Claims Recognizes Improper Termination for Convenience Claim Without Requiring Intent to Injure Contractor Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
23
2014
Lookout Above! Requiring Landowners To Dedicate An "Overflight" Easement Is Not A Taking, Even When All An Owner Seeks Is A Minor Building Permit Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
13
2014
Comment Period Almost Over for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Crystalline Silica Proposal McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jan
8
2014
Seventh Circuit Rejects Claim For Alleged Unpaid Wages Finding Construction Firm Lacked Actual or Constructive Knowledge of Alleged Work Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
7
2014
Counting Construction Jobs – What Regional Centers and Project Companies Need to Know Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
17
2013
Homeowners in Arizona Cannot Assert Claims Against Subcontractors for Breach of Implied Warranty Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dec
9
2013
Hey, Hey . . . Ho, Ho, Sometimes You Just Have To Let Them Go: Reasonableness in Dealing with Lease Assignment Requests von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Dec
4
2013
The Economic Opportunity Act of 2013 – Incentives and Challenges For Residential Developers Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Nov
29
2013
Construction Contractor Sues Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) To Block New Regulations Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
27
2013
Utilities Building More Wind Farms in Michigan Varnum LLP
Nov
24
2013
Construction Fraud Costs An Estimated $860 Billion Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
22
2013
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Proposed Rule for Crystalline Silica Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
29
2013
Non-Protestable Task Order Procurement Decision Shuts Out Incumbent Contractor Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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