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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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Oct
17
2011
Environmental Law Alert - EPA Issues New Guidance for Certain CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
18
2011
HUD Revamps FHA Lending Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
18
2011
Inside Countrywide, a ‘Counseling Meeting’ Then Termination Center for Public Integrity
Oct
19
2011
GOP Candidates in Foreclosure Capital Say Government Not the Solution to Crisis Center for Public Integrity
Oct
21
2011
Dispelling the Myth of MERS as a "Sham" Beneficiary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
23
2011
Illinois’ Not-So-Unique Struggle: Property Tax Exempt Status for Not-for-Profit Hospitals Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
23
2011
The Amended 2011 Finance Act (France) McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
25
2011
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Bad Foreclosure = Bad Title For Bona Fide Purchaser Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
25
2011
Tic Wyoming Agrees To Pay $135,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Oct
25
2011
Florida Condominium Developers’ Potential Liabilities for Construction Defects Upon Association Turnover Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
26
2011
Obama Housing Plan Gets Faint Praise Center for Public Integrity
Oct
27
2011
Are Your Concealed Carry Signs and Employee Policies in Place? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
29
2011
Prison Time and Export Controls: University Professor's Case Illustrates Dangers of Ignoring Export Compliance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
30
2011
No Need To Record An Assignment Of A Deed Of Trust Prior To Foreclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
31
2011
New Proposed Regulation § 1.67-4 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Nov
8
2011
Michigan and Indiana Courts Address Mortgage and Construction Lien Priorities Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
9
2011
Subcontractors Performing Work on Public Construction Projects in Illinois Must Satisfy Additional Notice Requirements to Perfect Claims on Bonds and Letters of Credit Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
9
2011
Good News, Bad News On Prevailing Wages In Ohio Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
10
2011
Design Professionals’ Lawsuit Challenging LEED Certification System Dismissed Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
10
2011
Recent Baylake Bank Case Questions a City’s Ability to Enforce Development Agreement Penalties as Taxes Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Nov
13
2011
Buyers and Sellers and Brokers -- Oh My! Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
19
2011
Inexperience and Unproven Products: The Risks of Sustainable Construction Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
20
2011
The Top 10 Construction Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
21
2011
Housing Crisis to Deepen? Millions More Homes at 'Imminent Risk of Default' Study Says Center for Public Integrity
Nov
21
2011
Your Bed Bug Response Plan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
22
2011
EPA Proposes Changes to Underground Storage Tank Regulations Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Nov
23
2011
The Cap-Ex Dilemma Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
25
2011
Flash Mobs and Black Friday: Retailers Prepare! Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
 

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