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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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Jun
19
2017
Third Circuit Court Rebuffs Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus RESPA “Continuing Violations” Theory Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
20
2013
New Real Estate Developments Affecting Individuals and Businesses [AUDIO] Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Jul
26
2022
Environmental Justice Update: Chicago Forcing Facility Relocation to Environmental Justice Area Puts Federal HUD Funding at Issue ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
10
2017
Take No Chances with Regulatory Takings: Three Tips in the Wake of Murr v. Wisconsin ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
1
2013
Owner of Compilation Need Not List Individual Authors to Register Copyright McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
2
2015
Finding a Paperless Panacea: Use of Electronic Signatures in Retail Real Estate Transactions von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
18
2024
Permitting Reform and Responsible Mining: Q&A with IRMA’s Kristi Disney Bruckner Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
11
2020
California Voters Reject Ballot Measures Related to Rent Control and Property Tax Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
5
2022
4th Circuit: Borrower Must Return Loan Proceeds After Rescission Despite Lender’s Failure to Meet TILA Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
16
2019
FCC Preempts San Francisco’s Article 52 and Seeks Input on MDU Triple Play Agreements, DAS Arrangements, and Rooftop Leases Keller and Heckman LLP
Sep
19
2013
Minimizing the Legal and Financial Risks of Cottage Ownership Varnum LLP
Mar
11
2015
CEQA “Common Sense” Exemption Upheld; Environmental Baseline for Project Following Improvements Pursuant to an Emergency Exemption Clarified Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
21
2011
Taking a Bite Out of Bed Bug Litigation - A Strategic Plan May Be the Best Defense Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
25
2020
Reporting Debt Under the FCRA: How an Amended Date May Lead to Liability Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
29
2019
CFPB Seeks Comment on Replacing Temporary GSE Patch Under Ability to Repay Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
14
2017
Federal Tax Liens In Foreclosure Proceedings Ward and Smith, P.A.
Oct
7
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - Week of October 7, 2013 Mintz
Mar
26
2015
Take My Home, Please: In Wake of Court Decision, North Carolina General Assembly Seeks to Repeal "Map Act" Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
14
2011
Up Up and Away - Things are Looking Up for the Global Hotel Investment Market Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
16
2020
Tenant Background Screening Company Settles With FTC for $4.25 Million Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
12
2022
Ready for Launch (Finally): Settlement Paves the Way for EB-5 Financing Options Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
6
2019
The District of Massachusetts Declines to Strike FCRA Class Claims in McIntyre v. RentGrow, Inc. Pierce Atwood LLP
Aug
30
2017
Can Anything Be Done to Stop the PennEast Pipeline? Stark & Stark
Oct
22
2013
Florida Regulator Fires Salvo In Unclaimed Property Controversy Faegre Drinker
Apr
6
2015
New Russian CFC Rules Will Impact Inbound U.S. Tax Planning Bilzin Sumberg
May
21
2024
Taxation of Foreign Currency Transactions Part II: Gains, Losses, Personal Transactions, and Electing Out of Section 988 ASKramer Law
Jan
7
2021
What Real Estate Industry Owners, Operators can Expect from NLRB and DOL Under Biden Administration Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
26
2022
Door Closes On UK Rent Arrears Scheme Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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