Construction & Real Estate

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 7 2013	Illinois Mortgages Are Not Required to Disclose Interest Rate and Maturity	Much Shelist, P.C.
May 28 2009	Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure: A Workout Strategy for Commercial Real Estate Owners and Their Lenders	Much Shelist, P.C.
Jul 14 2011	Construction Lenders Prevail in Controversial Illinois Mechanics Lien Priority Case	Much Shelist, P.C.
Apr 30 2014	Appellate Court of Illinois Provides Guidance On Condo Board Operations & Owners’ Rights	Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug 6 2015	Illinois Court Limits the Enforcement of a Waiver of the Implied Warranty of Habitability Against a Claim by a Subsequent Purchaser	Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb 7 2017	Letters of Intent in Construction Industry: The How, Why and Why Not of Enforceability	Much Shelist, P.C.
Dec 31 2009	Foreclosure Mediation Program on Its Way to Cook County	Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov 18 2012	Vapor Intrusion and What to Do About It	Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun 15 2022	Illinois Passes "Wage Protection" Law Targeting General Contractors	Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb 26 2014	Know Your Contract, Follow Its Terms: Simple Steps That Can Help You Prevail In A Dispute	Much Shelist, P.C.
May 21 2015	New Chicago Affordable Housing Ordinance Means Greater Costs for Developers	Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug 6 2015	New Illinois Law Allows for the Removal of Mechanics Liens Through Lien Bonds	Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb 7 2017	Construction Contract Keystones, Part I: Payment Mechanisms	Much Shelist, P.C.
May 29 2009	Liability Insurance and the Duty to Defend: When Does the “Eight Corners” Test Have an Extra Corner?	Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb 3 2012	Landlords and Tenants: Tips to Maximize Office Leasing	Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb 26 2014	Today's Contracts Enforceability Issue: No Damages for Delay or Disruption Clauses	Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb 7 2017	Developer-in-Chief: How the New U.S. President May Affect the Construction Industry	Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug 5 2009	Early Risk Assessment Reduces Receivable Problems	Clark & Trevithick
Jun 29 2009	Department of Energy Outlines Funding for Solar and Geothermal Energy Projects	Day Pitney LLP
Jul 20 2009	New Secondary Lending Market Terms Making It Tough On Condos	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 20 2009	Stabilization Of Housing Market Will Create Additional Public/Private Partnership Opportunities	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act When is a Condominium Project Exempt from Registration?	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	Green retrofitting existing bldgs.	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	Adverse Possession Claims in Colorado	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	Is the AIA's Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages Really Mutual?	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Forming the Mixed-Use Community How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Sharing	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Governmental Restrictions on Land Use Permits as Takings of Private Property Rights	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Colorado Construction Defects Update: A Perspective	Fairfield and Woods P.C.

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