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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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Apr
23
2020
Governor Baker Signs Legislation Creating a Temporary Moratorium on Evictions: What Commercial Landlords Need to Know Mintz
Jul
22
2009
Forming the Mixed-Use Community How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Sharing Fairfield and Woods P.C.
May
25
2013
Proposed North Carolina Bill Would Limit Zoning Regulation of Manufactured Homes Poyner Spruill LLP
Jan
15
2024
The Court as Casino No More: Law Court Ends Stringent Foreclosure Rule Pierce Atwood LLP
Aug
27
2009
Legislature Adopts New Laws Governing Land Use Appeals to Superior Court Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
22
2022
Property Valuation Issues Are Ill-Suited for Class Certification According to the Sixth Circuit Robinson & Cole LLP
Jun
7
2013
Incapacity Issues when Owning Florida Real Estate Altro LLP
May
4
2010
Must Investors Rush in Where Cops Fear to Tread? Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
7
2017
FCC Denies Exemption Under TCPA for Mortgage Servicers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
14
2013
Eviction with Conviction: Making Sure You Evict Legally McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
20
2020
Supreme Court Update: Bostock v. Clayton Co. (No. 17-1618), Dept. of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California (No. 18-587), U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association (No. 18-1584), Andrus v. Texas (No. 18-9674) Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jan
31
2024
Under Control? A Consultation Around Land Control in the UK Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
16
2010
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules that Mortgage Holder Can Have a Shortened Redemption Period Without Jeopardizing Collection Against Guarantor Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
28
2017
Real Estate Acquisition in Hungary: Factors to Consider Before a Transaction Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
21
2013
Failure To Separately Notice Consideration Of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Document Violates Brown Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
13
2024
U.S. Army Corps Permitting: Proposed Revocation of Historic Properties Regulation Bracewell LLP
Dec
2
2014
North Carolina Appellate Court Discusses Service of Process By "Posting" and Due Diligence Enabling "Posting" Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
4
2013
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Important Development Permitting Case, Extending Regulatory Takings Analysis Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
9
2020
Director Found To Have Breached His Fiduciary Duty By Sharing Corporation's Privileged Information With His Personal Attorney Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
23
2024
Proposed Rule Requires Real Estate Professionals Closing All-Cash Residential Deals To Report To FinCEN Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
15
2010
Survey of State Laws Regarding Foreclosure Related Issues: The State Law Impact Project - Part 3 Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
10
2014
Hinshaw v. M-C-M Properties, LLC - Significant Case re Construction and Scope of Easement Armstrong Teasdale
Jul
12
2013
A Closer Look at the Supreme Court's Koontz Decision [VIDEO] Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
16
2020
Building Owners Must Have a Plan Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Mar
4
2024
ALJ Rules That a Taxpayer Is a Qualified New York Manufacturer Even Though Qualifying Property Was Operated by a Third Party McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
8
2010
Next Wave of MBS Litigation Focuses on Issuers, Underwriters Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
10
2017
Insufficient Insurance Coverage, Running With Play-Doh, and Other Risky Activities Stark & Stark
Dec
16
2014
Cayman Islands Law Amended to Enable Preliminary Relief in Aid of Foreign Proceedings Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
 

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