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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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Dec
26
2012
Michigan Court of Appeals – Update on Whether Defective Construction Can Constitute an “Occurrence” Under CGL Policies Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
26
2012
No Duty To Defend Apartment Conversion Claims Williams Kastner
Dec
25
2012
Ohio Supreme Court – Claims for Property Damage to Insured’s Own Work Caused by Defective Workmanship Not Covered Under CGL Insurance Policies Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
24
2012
New Wave of “Occurrence” Statutes Doesn’t Affect Old Policies Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
24
2012
Medical Office Building Built to Resist Severe Weather Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
21
2012
EPA Issues New Boiler and Solid Waste Incinerator Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Dec
21
2012
LEED v4 Nearing Completion McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
17
2012
Antitrust "Tying" Claims Dismissed Against Homebuilders Katten
Dec
12
2012
5 Key Issues In Retail Lease Negotiation von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Dec
8
2012
FEMA To Release New Advisory Base Flow Elevations Maps Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
7
2012
Is Your House Designer Creative or a Copier? Judge Finds an Issue of Fact Whether a House Design Infringed on a Previous Designer’s Copyright Varnum LLP
Dec
3
2012
How Zoning Rules Can Foment Increased Urban Density: The In-Law Suite Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
26
2012
Michigan's Second Project Labor Agreements (PLA) Law Also Pre-empted by NLRA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
24
2012
Realtors Calling "The Age of Multifamily" Residential Development As North Carolina Sees the Impact Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
23
2012
Michigan Court of Appeals Confirms Power of Receiver to Sell Real Property Free and Clear of Redemption Rights Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
23
2012
Where do the Road and Public Access Rights End in Michigan? Varnum LLP
Nov
18
2012
The Implied Warranty of Habitability: Recent Developments Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
18
2012
Vapor Intrusion and What to Do About It Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
14
2012
California Sets Schedule for Non-Residential Building Energy Disclosures Katten
Nov
11
2012
Third Circuit Strikes Down Historic Tax Credit Deal Katten
Nov
5
2012
No Trademark Infringement Where Contractor Listed Manufacturer’s Product in Municipal Bid McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
29
2012
Avoid Legal Malpractice – Timely Assert Affirmative Defenses Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Oct
27
2012
Building on Michigan Sand Dunes Following 2012 PA 297 Varnum LLP
Oct
27
2012
Work Begins to Remove Contamination at Newtown, Conn. Site U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Oct
13
2012
Mexico Enacts Anti-Corruption Law for Federal Government Contracting Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
12
2012
Arbitration Clauses in Construction Contracts – Part II von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Sep
28
2012
PCBs in Building Caulking – Beware the Enforcer Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
23
2012
Illinois Court Finds Coverage for Additional Insured Where None Exists for the Named Insured Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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