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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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Apr
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2020
State-Level Rent Relief Due to COVID-19 Impacts: California Governor Newsom’s Executive Order Explained Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
10
2014
Growing Salaries for South Florida’s High-Tech Workers Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
20
2018
IRS Issues Proposed Regulations for Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds Polsinelli PC
Aug
23
2023
California Supreme Court Holds Third Parties Liable for Worker Bias Under FEHA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
14
2016
Challenging Wisconsin's Residential Property Tax Assessments Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Dec
23
2021
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Lease Negotiations: Why Healthcare Practices Should Use Real Estate Brokers [PODCAST] Roetzel & Andress LPA
Apr
11
2020
COVID-19 and Like-Kind Exchanges and Opportunity Zone Investments Polsinelli PC
Sep
18
2014
California Homeowners “Bluffed” Out Of Challenge To Coastal Permit To Rebuild Private Access Stairs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
31
2018
Trustee of Realty Trust Saved from Application of Merger Doctrine (at least for now) Pierce Atwood LLP
Jan
26
2013
Orange County Set to Further Revise Transportation Impact Fee Rates Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Jan
12
2022
New Legislation Permanently Allows Community Association Members to Participate in Member Meetings Via Remote Communication Stark & Stark
Nov
9
2018
Initial Release of Public Use File With Data From the National Survey of Mortgage Originations Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
13
2023
GeTtin' SALTy Episode 13 | Catching-up on Significant California SALT Cases [Podcast] Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
8
2013
U.S. District Court Judge Blake Finds That The Home Affordable Modification Program Does Not Preclude Plaintiffs From Bringing Their State Law Claims But Dismisses Their Claims On The Merits Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
23
2016
New LA Ordinances “Clean Up, Green Up” Industry in Residential “Toxic Hotspot” Neighborhoods Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
28
2022
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Propels the U.S. Offshore Wind Industry K&L Gates
Oct
5
2014
U.S. Department of Agriculture Expands Crop Insurance under 2014 Farm Bill Varnum LLP
Sep
21
2023
CFPB Adjusts Long Time Position Relating to Loan Originator Compensation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
23
2013
Courts Are Open For Developer Seeking Release of Performance Bonds Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Jun
9
2016
Beverly-Killea Act: Contractors Do It, PIs Do It; Why Not Real Estate Brokers? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
13
2014
Arizona Supreme Court to Decide if Borrowers and Guarantors Can Waive Fair Market Value Defense Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Oct
4
2023
Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter (October 4, 2023) Goulston & Storrs
Mar
9
2013
Preliminary Answers from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Viability of the PM 2.5 (Air Quality Analysis) Significant Impact Level Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
29
2016
Let's Talk North Carolina Leases: The Name of the Game Is the Correct Name Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
3
2022
(UK) New Look Appeal Settled – What Does This Mean For CVAs? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
27
2020
Digital CEQA: New Executive Order Creates An Alternative Path For Complying With CEQA Notice, Posting And Public Review Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
9
2019
New Jersey Court Tightens Screw on Redevelopment Condemnation Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Oct
17
2023
ELTIF 2.0 – An Alternative to Open-Ended Real Estate Mutual Funds? McDermott Will & Emery
 

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