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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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Aug
22
2013
Assembly Bill 116, Extending Life of Subdivision Maps, Signed by the California Governor Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
24
2023
Failure to Timely Produce in Discovery Underlying Written Contract with Insured Prevented General Contractor from Establishing Status as an Additional Insured Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
21
2023
CFPB Adjusts Long Time Position Relating to Loan Originator Compensation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
11
2014
California Documentary Transfer Tax: Separate Unrecorded Statement of Tax No Longer Allowed After December 31, 2014 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
16
2014
Is Your Out-of-State LLC “Doing Business” in California? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
18
2014
California Homeowners “Bluffed” Out Of Challenge To Coastal Permit To Rebuild Private Access Stairs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
29
2024
Unleashing AB 2216: Will Fido Have a Leg Up on Landlords? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
8
2024
What the Sheetz: Where California Development Impact Fees Stand Following Recent Supreme Court Decision Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
18
2014
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) Set to Expire Year End Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
7
2015
New Legislative Requirements For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations At California Commercial Properties Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2016
California Supreme Court Opens Door For Wrongful Foreclosure Lawsuits and Challenges to Transfers of Mortgages: Practical Implications and Options Moving Forward Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
5
2016
Challenge to California Ordinance Prohibiting Mobile Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Goes Up in Smoke Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
11
2016
Voters Overwhelmingly Approve ‘Build Better LA’ Initiative Resulting in New Affordable Housing and Local Hiring Requirements For Developers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2018
Tenth Circuit Takes Expansive View of the Definition of the Term “Mining,” Holding Wind Farm Project Needs Permit Prior to Commencement of Excavation in Tribal Mineral Estate Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
3
2019
No Students? No Problem, Developer Still Pays Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2019
New Law Aimed At Assisting Low Income Renters Invokes Additional Restraints on California Landlords Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
6
2020
Navigable Waters Protection Rule: How are the “Waters of the United States” Being Defined? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
5
2020
New Bay Area COVID-19 Orders Ease Restrictions on Construction and Impose New Safety Protocols Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
27
2010
California Endangered Species Act Prohibits State Agencies From Taking Threatened and Endangered Species Without Permit Authority Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
14
2010
Three-Year Statute Of Limitations Applies To Inverse Condemnation Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
9
2010
Implementation Of CISADA: New FAR Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
14
2011
Court to Lenders: Strict Compliance with Local Recording Requirements Necessary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
8
2021
It’s Time to (Carefully) Secure that Guaranty Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
26
2011
A Case Where CEQA Worked Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
15
2011
New Change To Required Language For Foreclosure Notices Under California Civil Code § 2924c Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
2
2013
California Commercial Building Owners Must Comply With New Energy Use Disclosure Rules Commencing July 1, 2013 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
5
2022
Market Conditions Among Factors Adding Variability to Potential California Offshore Lease Outcomes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
7
2013
Delaware Court Provides Critical Guidance as to the Commercial Reasonableness of a UCC Article 9 Foreclosure Sale Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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