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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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Feb
26
2024
Court Affirmed Award of Damages Against Trustee Due to Breach of Duty to Disclose, Held that Trust was Terminated and Disclaimer was Effective, and Affirmed Award of Attorney’s Fees Against Trustee and Refusal to Allow Trustee to Reimburse Herself Winstead
Feb
26
2024
How Should Two or More People Own Property? Does It Matter? Ward and Smith, P.A.
Feb
26
2024
Calling all Cash Money Millionaires: FinCEN Proposes New Reporting Rules for Cash Residential Real Estate Transfers ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
26
2024
Mining, Energy, and Infrastructure Disputes with Sovereign States in 2023: Mexico Tops the List of Respondents ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
26
2024
New Prevailing Wage Requirements for Charter School Construction Projects Miller Canfield
Feb
28
2024
Court Holds That Acceptance Rule and Economic Loss Doctrine Did Not Bar Claim Brought by Real Estate Purchaser Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
28
2024
New York Amends “Prompt Payment Act” Capping Retainage at 5% on Private Construction Projects Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Feb
28
2024
There’s No Going Back: The Finality of Mortgage Foreclosures Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
28
2024
Government Response to Consultation on Building Safety Levy Suggests it May Not Just Apply to ‘Higher-Risk Buildings’ in England Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
28
2024
FinCEN’s Proposed Rulemaking: Enhancing Transparency in Residential Real Estate Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
1
2024
Fifth Circuit Continues Bankruptcy Sale Protections After Supreme Court MOAC Opinion Miller Canfield
Mar
1
2024
How Will Rising Interest Rates and Economic Uncertainty Impact Real Estate Industry in 2024? Katten
Mar
4
2024
South Carolina’s Alphabet Soup Part II: ATIs and FILOTs after South Carolina’s Tax Code Amendments Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
4
2024
The Top 10 Horrible, No-Good Mistakes Construction Lawyers Make: Mistake No. 1: Not Realizing It’s All About the Facts Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
4
2024
10 Legal Issues for Nonprofit and Association Leadership in 2024 ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
4
2024
ALJ Rules That a Taxpayer Is a Qualified New York Manufacturer Even Though Qualifying Property Was Operated by a Third Party McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
5
2024
Bid Protests in Pennsylvania Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
5
2024
TMA Chicago Midwest Podcast Hosted by Paul Musser | The General State of Distress in Real Estate With Jamie Cote [Podcast] Katten
Mar
5
2024
FinCEN Proposes Rulemaking Imposing New Residential Real Estate Reporting Requirements Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
5
2024
Changes to Foreclosure Sales Under New Jersey’s Community Wealth Preservation Program Stark & Stark
Mar
5
2024
2024 Litigation Look Ahead Series: In Property Takings Cases, Court Must Strike Careful Balancing Act Between Regulating Land Use, Protecting Property Rights Beveridge & Diamond PC
Mar
6
2024
New Updates to AAA Construction Rules Now in Effect Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
6
2024
FHA Announces New Loss Mitigation Payment Supplement Option Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
6
2024
American Arbitration Association Revises Construction Industry Rules and Mediation Procedures Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
6
2024
Court Held That Deed For Common Area To Homeowners’ Association Did Not Create A Trust For The Members Winstead
Mar
7
2024
Live Local Act ‘Glitch Bill’ Highlights Property Tax Exemption Risk Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
7
2024
New York Court Decision Disrupts “Good Guy Guaranty” Liability Limitations Blank Rome LLP
Mar
8
2024
Importance of Negotiating Initial Term and Renewal Terms in Health Care Leases Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 

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