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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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Mar
21
2014
Claremont Club Case: It's Not Just Dodgeball Re: Club Liability Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
24
2015
Doin' the Deed: State Conveys 300 Acres of Urban Property to City of Raleigh Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
26
2021
Is Greater Than Really Equal To? Sales of Over-Encumbered Property under Section 363(f)(3) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
15
2023
Salt Water Disposal Well Leases Can Pose a Trap for the Unwary Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
6
2015
Flushing Out the Safe Harbor: “General Land Area Minimum” Offers Newton No 40B Shelter Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jun
8
2021
Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter Goulston & Storrs
May
7
2012
Tax Exemption Ruling Defines Public Charity v. Business Interests Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
14
2018
Patents for Real Estate Searching on a Computer Are Invalid Under Section 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
11
2014
Canadian Investment Firm Building Upscale Mobile Home Parks in Florida Bilzin Sumberg
Mar
30
2023
Reinstated HUD Rule Makes It Harder for Insurers To Defend Fair Housing Act Discrimination Claims ArentFox Schiff LLP
May
25
2012
Developing a Resort Membership Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
13
2020
Appellate Court Holds Charter Cities Are Bound By State Housing Objectives, Signaling Erosion of Local Discretion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2018
Housing group settles FHA lawsuit alleging insurance-related discrimination against Section 8 landlords Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
22
2014
Self-Directed Individual Retirement Account's (IRA): Caution Required Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, A Professional Corporation
Apr
14
2023
Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter (April 13, 2023) Goulston & Storrs
Jun
14
2012
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Opinion on Eminent Domain Case von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
May
1
2014
Beach Houses and Bribes: Department of Justice (DOJ) Seeks Over $700,000 From Former South Korean President Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
29
2015
Un Horizonte De Reformas Para El Popular Programa EB-5 Bilzin Sumberg
Jul
12
2021
Knotty Pine Not Enough: Federal Court Says Not Enough Logs on the WFDL “Community of Interest” Fire for Cabin Builder Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
9
2012
Restructuring the Condo Hotel Equity Model Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
29
2018
2017-18 Arizona Case Law Affecting Commercial Real Estate and Lending Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, A Professional Corporation
May
15
2014
Lenders Take Note: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Issues Guide to Forms McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jul
20
2021
Weekly Bankruptcy Alert - July 20, 2021 Pierce Atwood LLP
Feb
21
2020
Indian Nations Law Update - February 2020 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
23
2014
Evaluating Environmental Risks in Real Estate Transactions Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, A Professional Corporation
Oct
23
2015
New Legislation (AB 802) To Replace Existing Energy Use Disclosure Law (AB 1103) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
4
2021
New York’s Westchester County Amends Co-Op Disclosure Law to Promote Transparency Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
18
2023
New York Governor Signs into Law 2023–24 Budget Bill Containing Important Tax Changes Blank Rome LLP
 

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