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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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10
2020
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4
2024
CFPB Launches Public Inquiry into Rising Mortgage Closing Costs and ‘Junk Fees’ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
12
2013
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9
2022
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Sep
15
2011
Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
26
2017
CFPB Issues Temporary Amendment to HMDA Rule Reporting Threshold Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
31
2015
New York Lawmakers Agree on Brownfield Law Extension With Less Drastic Changes to Tax Credits Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
23
2020
NY Court of Appeals Decides Who Gets Access to Required “Open Space” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
2
2022
Foreclosure Warning: Property Possessed but Not Owned by a Debtor May Be Subject to the Automatic Stay Ward and Smith, P.A.
Sep
26
2011
Business Interruption Claims in the Hospitality Industry Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Sep
7
2017
Ever Hear Of A Emphyteutic Leasehold? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
9
2015
Landlord Can Sell Property and Still Recover Unpaid Rent Varnum LLP
Jun
25
2024
A Commentary on the Viability of Insured Attorney Opinion Letters as an Alternative to Title Insurance Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov
30
2022
Illinois Condominium Act: Supreme Court Refuses to Acknowledge New Private Right of Action for Sellers Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Oct
23
2011
The Amended 2011 Finance Act (France) McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
20
2017
Vapor Intrusion: Why Property Owners and Purchasers Really Need to Pay Attention Dickinson Wright PLLC
Apr
23
2015
Abuse of Discretion Not Shown By Court’s Failure To “Show Its Arithmetic” in Significantly Reducing Claimed Attorney Fees in CEQA Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
9
2021
California Wineries Required to Comply with New Statewide Waste Discharge Order Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
5
2024
Defamation 101 for Community Associations Ward and Smith, P.A.
Dec
27
2013
Aquinnah’s Long and Winding Road to Gaming May Have Hit the Ultimate Roadblock Dickinson Wright PLLC
Sep
3
2019
TCPA Cases Against Realtors For Calls By Independent Agents Uncertifiable? So Holds the First District Court to Consider the Issue Troutman Amin, LLP
Dec
20
2022
EPA Amends All Appropriate Inquiries Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Beveridge & Diamond PC
Oct
6
2017
Timing And Buildout Considerations in Lease LOIs Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
12
2015
CFPB, DOJ Show Renewed Interest in Pursuing “Redlining” Cases Bilzin Sumberg
Feb
19
2021
Lease Dispute Series: Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
17
2024
New Guidance on NYC's ICAP Abatement for Apartment Hotels Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
13
2014
Seventh Circuit Holds That Illinois Mortgages Need Only Substantially Comply With Mortgage Form in Statute Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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