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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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2016
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4
2024
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May
23
2013
Senate Bill (SB) 1186 Update: California Legislature Attempts to Promote Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Standards and to Curtail Vexatious Litigation Mintz
Mar
20
2019
Assessing When a Discounted Payoff Agreement Becomes an Unenforceable Penalty Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
21
2022
Massachusetts Appeals Court Excuses City’s Notice-by-Mail Fail Pierce Atwood LLP
Aug
5
2009
Early Risk Assessment Reduces Receivable Problems Clark & Trevithick
Oct
18
2016
Five Key Takeaways From the D.C. Circuit’s PHH Decision Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
1
2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Amends the Ability-to-Repay Rules Regarding Qualified Mortgages Katten
Jun
7
2022
June 2022 Food and Beverage Review: Real Estate Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
18
2010
Making the Case for Causation in Toxic Tort Cases: Superfund Rules Don’t Apply ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
14
2016
Why a Leasehold Mortgage? Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Jun
2
2020
When is an easement no longer an easement? Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jan
18
2024
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Jun
12
2013
Michigan Supreme Court Rules No Dock Access Easement Varnum LLP
Jun
22
2022
Infrastructure Spending’s Impact On Franchise Sites Stark & Stark
Jul
4
2010
The California Court Of Appeal Narrowly Interprets The Perata Mortgage Relief Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
6
2016
Changes to Leasing Laws in Queensland, Australia K&L Gates
Jun
10
2020
Heavy Is the Head That Wears the Crown: Board of Director Authority in a Community Association Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jan
26
2024
What Real Estate Businesses Need to Know About Using Website Tracking Technologies Jackson Lewis P.C.
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19
2013
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31
2016
Dwiggins v. Missouri Real Estate Appraisers Commission -- case addressing professional discipline and adoption of industry standards Armstrong Teasdale
Jun
17
2020
20 Retailers to Watch for a Bankruptcy Filing in the Second Half of 2020 Stark & Stark
Jun
27
2013
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Governmental Power to Impose Conditions on New Development Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
26
2017
Connecticut Transfer Act for Mortgage Lenders Murtha Cullina
Jun
30
2020
UK Real Estate: New UK Tax Landscape for International Investors Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
23
2010
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Jul
8
2020
Florida Enacts Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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28
2024
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