Construction & Real Estate

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
17
2011
"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
23
2011
2010 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act "FCPA" Year In Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
20
2010
9th Circuit Upholds Corps Permit and Biological Opinion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
19
2019
An Appraisal Of The Appraisal Remedy In Property Insurance Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
4
2017
Are UAVs Fair Game Over Private Land Polsinelli PC
Jan
23
2011
Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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
May
13
2011
Bill Allowing More Offshore Drilling Introduced to Congress Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
6
2012
Bill Criminalizing Sales Tax Skimming Software Passed by Florida Legislature - New York Bill Would Do the Same Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
27
2010
California Endangered Species Act Prohibits State Agencies From Taking Threatened and Endangered Species Without Permit Authority Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
17
2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Issues Final Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rule Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
4
2017
Contractor Assessed Significant Liquidated Damages on Mackinaw Bridge Restoration Project Barnes & Thornburg 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
Apr
30
2020
COVID-19: Liability of Administrators for Rents During COVID-19 Crisis [Australia] K&L Gates
Jun
25
2013
Energy Disclosures for Non-Residential Buildings Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
5
2023
EPA Adopts Updated Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard that Addresses PFAS and Other Emerging Contaminants Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
Apr
20
2021
Fate of Municipal Harbor Plans Thrown Into Question Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
18
2013
Florida's New Fast Track Foreclosure Law Creates Additional Requirements for Lenders and Mortgage Servicers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
28
2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
7
2018
Guide to Opportunity Zones: How Taxpayers Can Achieve Capital Gains Tax Benefits and Support Enterprise in Underserved Communities Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
30
2020
IMS Insights Episode 17: Dr. Charles Cowan on COVID-19 Impacts to the CMBS Market [PODCAST] IMS Legal Strategies
Jun
23
2011
IRS Releases a Revised Form 8703---Longer and More Detailed Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
21
2012
Is Your Mortgage Lien Protected? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
25
2020
Leases (Commercial and Retail) COVID-19 Emergency Response Declaration 2020 - ACT K&L Gates
May
27
2022
May 2022 Special Session of Florida Legislature Concludes with Passage of Legislation Impacting Property Insurance and Building Safety Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
27
2011
Mortgage Industry to Face Centralized Repository for State Regulatory Enforcement Actions - Deadline for Comments is September 20, 2011 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
15
2012
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - NJDEP Rule Provides Relief from Environmental Regulatory Requirements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
20
2012
New York ALJ Issues Novel Ruling Revising the 'Accrual Rule' on Change of Residence Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 

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