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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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2011
Up Up and Away - Things are Looking Up for the Global Hotel Investment Market Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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27
2015
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Nov
11
2020
California Voters Reject Ballot Measures Related to Rent Control and Property Tax 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
May
21
2024
Taxation of Foreign Currency Transactions Part II: Gains, Losses, Personal Transactions, and Electing Out of Section 988 ASKramer Law
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26
2022
Door Closes On UK Rent Arrears Scheme Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
22
2013
Florida Regulator Fires Salvo In Unclaimed Property Controversy Faegre Drinker
Jul
25
2017
Blockchain Successfully Used In Commercial Leasing Transaction K&L Gates
Mar
9
2015
The Restoration Clause: Ticking Time Bomb in Your Office Lease? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) 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
May
31
2024
FHA’s Releases 12-Hour Cyber Incident Notification Rule Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
2
2013
What Landlords Need to Know about Fair Housing Laws and “Source of Income” Varnum LLP
Aug
24
2011
Technology and Security--Too Much of a Good Thing? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
24
2015
The True Value of Insurers' Float Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
16
2020
Tenant Background Screening Company Settles With FTC for $4.25 Million Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
6
2019
The District of Massachusetts Declines to Strike FCRA Class Claims in McIntyre v. RentGrow, Inc. Pierce Atwood LLP
Oct
18
2022
When Selling Partnership Interests May Require A Real Estate Broker's License Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
15
2013
Reigning in Reckless Regulators Re: Unclaimed Property in California Faegre Drinker
Aug
29
2017
Addressing Harassment Issues in Community Associations Stark & Stark
Apr
2
2015
West Virginia Legislature Reinstates Open and Obvious Rule Protecting Landowners Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jan
7
2021
What Real Estate Industry Owners, Operators can Expect from NLRB and DOL Under Biden Administration Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
20
2024
Protecting and Preserving Property When Paying for Long-Term Care Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
Nov
16
2022
Best Practices For Homeowner Association Directors and Boards Ward and Smith, P.A.
Nov
27
2013
Tax Preparer Sued for Negligent Tax Handling McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Sep
11
2017
The North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act: A Practical Introduction for Real Estate Practitioners Ward and Smith, P.A.
Oct
10
2011
Common Attornment Provision Held Ineffective After Master Lease and Sublease Rejected in Bankruptcy by Debtor-Sublandlord Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
1
2024
Federal Regulators Finalize Rule Enacting Safeguards for AI-Driven Home Valuations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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