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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
6
2010
Ten Tips for Mitigating Risk in Construction Projects Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Oct
8
2010
North Carolina Legislative Update: Session Law 2010-190 - A Supplement to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Poyner Spruill LLP
Oct
9
2010
Inflation Adjustment Of Acquisition-Related Thresholds In The FAR Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
9
2010
Implementation Of CISADA: New FAR Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
12
2010
Can DoD Be "The Biggest Loser"? Gates Unveils DoD's New Fiscal Diet Plan Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
13
2010
Sweat the Small Stuff: Building-Scale Renewables and Sustainability Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
22
2010
Florida Growth Management Law Declared Unconstitutional Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Oct
23
2010
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Two Bills Providing Moderate CEQA -California Environmental Quality Act Improvements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
26
2010
Court of Appeal Upholds Previous Decision, Finding that the Requirements for Exhausting Administrative Remedies Before Challenging Ceqa Exemption Did Not Apply -- Tomlinson v. County of Alameda Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
27
2010
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Concludes That Pollution Exclusion is Not Applicable Despite the Presence of Bat Guano On Residence von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Oct
28
2010
New Accounting Rules on the Horizon for Leases Much Shelist, P.C.
Oct
30
2010
Ohio Supreme Court Update: Preparing Mechanic's Liens on Behalf of Others Without Supervision of an Attorney is Unauthorized Practice of Law - Ohio State Bar Association. v. Lienguard, Inc. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
3
2010
Lawsuit Challenging Legitimacy of LEED Program Could Have Major Implications Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
8
2010
Next Wave of MBS Litigation Focuses on Issuers, Underwriters Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
11
2010
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Foreclosure Sale Is Not An Arm's Length Transaction Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
18
2010
No Private Right of Action for Violation of Statutes Extending Notice Period for Foreclosures Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
20
2010
Courts Clarify Local Agency Role In Mobile Home Park Ownership Conversions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
24
2010
Rise in Foreclosures + An Increase in Mortgage Fraud = More Homeowner Fires Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Nov
26
2010
“Beneficial Use” of Coal Ash In Question As EPA Mulls Regulation Center for Public Integrity
Dec
14
2010
Billing Clients Interest Fees on Lawyer Loans Legal, but Uncommon Center for Public Integrity
Dec
15
2010
Fifth Circuit Update: Insurance, Real Estate and NLRB (Oh My!) Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
20
2010
Size Does Matter - Impacts Of The Small Business Jobs Act Of 2010 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
10
2011
New Jersey Courts Place Roadblocks On Lenders' Ability To Enforce Mortgage Documents Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Jan
15
2011
Baseline Using Existing Entitlements Acceptable If It Corresponds To Conditions "On The Ground" - Cherry Valley Pass Acres and Neighbors, et al. v. City of Beaumont, E049651 (4th Dist. Div. 2, November 22, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
16
2011
Court Invalidates EIR's Use of a Baseline Predicated On Future, Post-Approval Conditions For Analysis of Project's Impacts - Sunnyvale West Neighborhood Assn. v. City of Sunnyvale City Council, No. H035135 (6th Dist., December 16, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
17
2011
"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
21
2011
Insurance and the Accidental Property Owner Much Shelist, P.C.
Jan
23
2011
Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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