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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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Nov
20
2011
The Top 10 Construction Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
19
2011
Inexperience and Unproven Products: The Risks of Sustainable Construction Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
10
2011
Design Professionals’ Lawsuit Challenging LEED Certification System Dismissed Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
9
2011
Good News, Bad News On Prevailing Wages In Ohio Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
9
2011
Subcontractors Performing Work on Public Construction Projects in Illinois Must Satisfy Additional Notice Requirements to Perfect Claims on Bonds and Letters of Credit Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
8
2011
Michigan and Indiana Courts Address Mortgage and Construction Lien Priorities Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
25
2011
Florida Condominium Developers’ Potential Liabilities for Construction Defects Upon Association Turnover Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
25
2011
Tic Wyoming Agrees To Pay $135,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Oct
16
2011
The Perils of a Highway Bill -Boehner, Others Want New Road Spending, but Watch Out for Special Interests Center for Public Integrity
Oct
6
2011
California AB 32's Cap-And-Trade Program Developments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
18
2011
Now Is the Time to Reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program- NFIP Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Sep
17
2011
Former EPA Fugitive Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison for Asbestos Training Scam U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Aug
31
2011
Due Diligence: What Does That Mean in Real Estate Deals? Williams Kastner
Aug
28
2011
Zoning Unique to 70-Acre Parcel Not Spot Zoning Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
26
2011
The Murky Future of Stormwater Numeric Standards Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
20
2011
Construction Arbitration Clause Calling for Expanded Judicial Review Must be Explicit and Unambiguous Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
17
2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $102 Million Loan Guarantee to Record Hill Wind, LLC for Maine Wind Project U.S. Department of Energy
Aug
16
2011
Green Building Risks - What You Need to Know Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Aug
13
2011
Department of Energy Finalizes a $967 Million Loan Guarantee to Support the Agua Caliente Solar Project U.S. Department of Energy
Aug
12
2011
EPA Announces Top Contenders in Energy Star National Building Competition / In the first six months of the competition, participants saved more than $3.7 million on utility bills U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Aug
9
2011
Q&A on Post-Catastrophe Fraud Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jul
24
2011
Hotel Sector Looks Up! Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
24
2011
Presumptive Prejudice to Sureties Defeats Owners' Rights Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
20
2011
Insurance Issues in the Litigation and Settlement of Construction-Related Claims: Some Practical Thoughts Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
18
2011
Wisconsin and Ohio Appellate Courts Hold That Governmental Immunity Defense Bars Tort Claims Against Governmental Units and Government Contractor Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
17
2011
Soaring Temps Bring More Risks for Workers Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jul
16
2011
Michigan Court Affirms That Contractor’s Defective Workmanship Does Not Involve An “Occurrence” As Defined In A Standard Commercial General Liability Policy Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
15
2011
The New Wave of Insurance Construction Defects? Four States Enact Statutes Favoring Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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