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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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Sep
12
2019
Three Major Workplace Bills to Land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Desk Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
10
2015
Appeals Court Questions Municipal Ordinances On Abandonment Of Nonconforming Use Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
24
2013
How Can I Get a Cell Tower on My Property? Varnum LLP
Jul
8
2024
Petition for Certiorari Filed in Supreme Court in False Claims Act Case Seeking Review of Whether “Willful” Under the Anti-Kickback Statute Requires Knowledge that the Conduct is Unlawful Mintz
Nov
10
2011
Recent Baylake Bank Case Questions a City’s Ability to Enforce Development Agreement Penalties as Taxes Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
26
2021
It's No Big Deal, Until It Is: Why Vendor Contracts Matter for Community Associations Ward and Smith, P.A.
Dec
21
2022
Mass. High Court Clarifies Scope of New Zoning Act Bond Provision Pierce Atwood LLP
Sep
26
2017
CFPB proposes off-balanced approach to public disclosure of HMDA data Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
25
2019
The court confirms that landlords have the right to forfeit a lease if its tenant enters a CVA. What practical impact does this have on landlord claims? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
23
2015
The Basics of Filing a Private Mechanic’s Lien in Kentucky McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jan
12
2014
Hey Wait, What About North Carolina's Fancy New Quasi-Judicial Statute? Poyner Spruill LLP
Jul
17
2024
Washington, D.C. Guidance on the Taxation of Leasehold Assignments Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
13
2011
Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS): A Twenty First Century Creation Navigating An Eighteenth Century Legal System University of South Carolina School of Law
Jan
5
2023
EPA Adopts Updated Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard that Addresses PFAS and Other Emerging Contaminants Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
Oct
10
2017
CFPB Overreaches in Handling Alleged RESPA ABA Exemption Issues in Meridian Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
14
2012
Michigan Riparian Rights: 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Varnum LLP
Mar
25
2021
New York’s Proposed Tax on Mezzanine Debt, Preferred Equity May Have Adverse Implications for NY Lenders, Borrowers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
18
2019
Implicit Bias and Disparate Impact Claims: A Primer for Employers (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
26
2015
California Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Prevailing FEHA Defendants To Recover Their Costs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
9
2012
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Nonmetallic Mining Ordinance is not a Zoning Ordinance Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
7
2021
MEES Update K&L Gates
Oct
30
2017
HUD issues notice of RAD extensions for PHAs in disaster areas Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
8
2015
Case Law Update: A Refresher on Unenforceable Agreements to Agree von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
19
2014
It’s That Time of the Year Again Re: Wisconsin Property Taxes Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
9
2012
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds That The Absolute Pollution Exclusion Is Applicable To Bat Guano von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
May
3
2021
NYC Proposed Citywide Hotel Special Permit Moves into the Public Review Process Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
10
2023
Real Estate Agents Are Independent Contractors As A Matter Of Law If Requirements Met Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
20
2017
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Dec. 5 Markup Of Regulatory Reform Bill Ballard Spahr LLP
 

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