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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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Jan
24
2011
Fannie and Freddie Were Followers, Not Leaders, In Mortgage Frenzy Center for Public Integrity
Jan
24
2011
Lender Liability and the Exception to CERCLA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
25
2011
CleanTech Opportunities On The Rise Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
25
2011
Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements Now in Effect (For Now?) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
29
2011
Provisions in CC&R's Requiring Arbitration of Claims Against Developers by Homeowners Associations or Owners Are Not Enforceable Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
7
2011
Ensuring That Your Commercial and Industrial Real Estate is Properly Assessed for 2011 In Light of Declining Property Values Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
10
2011
New Alternatives to Condominium Structure for Florida Real Estate Developers Duane Morris LLP
Feb
13
2011
Professional Liability for Engineers Under Kentucky Law: Know Your Risks Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
14
2011
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters (New Star General Contractors, Inc.) (27‑CC-877, et al.; 356 NLRB No. 88) Salt Lake City, UT, February 2, 2011. National Labor Relations Board
Feb
14
2011
Court to Lenders: Strict Compliance with Local Recording Requirements Necessary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
15
2011
Judge Says Fannie Mae Whistleblower’s Lawsuit Can Go Forward Center for Public Integrity
Feb
16
2011
A Brave New World for Commercial Buildings: ASTM's "BEPA" Standard Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
17
2011
Homeowners’ Claims Against Insurer for Hail Damage Will Not Be Treated As Class Action von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
17
2011
Fiscal Uncertainty and Recession Could Result in More Property Tax Appeals (NC) Poyner Spruill LLP
Feb
20
2011
Bill Filed to Make Site-Specific, Risk-Based Clean-Up Standards Universally Available in Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites in North Carolina Poyner Spruill LLP
Feb
20
2011
Extreme Makeover: Arts Edition Paducah, Kentucky Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
23
2011
2010 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act "FCPA" Year In Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
24
2011
Brokers - Thou Shalt Not Accept Payments From More Than One Source In Connection With a Mortgage Loan Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
28
2011
Will Washington Pull the Plug on the Home Affordable Modification Program "HAMP"? Center for Public Integrity
Feb
28
2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Design And Construction Defects Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
2
2011
The Forgotten Ones: Few Remedies for Injured Contractors Center for Public Integrity
Mar
2
2011
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes New, Reissued, and Modified Nationwide Permits Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
6
2011
Witness Says He Rigged Bids in Property Tax Lien Auctions in Maryland Center for Public Integrity
Mar
6
2011
Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu: What’s Right for You? Williams Mullen
Mar
9
2011
Local Land Use Issues Arising In Foreclosure Williams Mullen
Mar
11
2011
Residential Foreclosures: Lenders Become Landlords Williams Mullen
Mar
12
2011
State Policy Barring Development Seaward Of Most Landward Extension Of Historical Mean High Tide Line Invalid As Underground Regulation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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