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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Sep
23
2021
IRS Targeting Those Who “Relocated” To Puerto Rico in the Wake of Act 22 Oberheiden P.C.
Feb
24
2016
New Live/Work Ordinance Adopted by L.A. City Council Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
25
2020
COVID-19’s Impact on California Property Tax Deadlines and Planning Considerations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
23
2023
Kirschner Case Update: The SEC Declines to Weigh In Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
11
2021
Will Implicit Bias Training for Real Estate Industry Professionals Become a Trend? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
27
2012
Cell Tower Lease Buyouts, Good or Bad? Varnum LLP
Mar
14
2016
SCOTUS Decision Affects Diversity Jurisdiction of Business Trusts Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
27
2020
NYDFS Limits Mortgage Relief to Residential Borrowers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
29
2023
Canadian Law: Make Sure Your Lease Isn't a Dealbreaker Miller Canfield
Oct
6
2018
Are You Ready for the Next Downturn? A Lender May Be Able to Both Foreclose on a Senior Lien and Seek a Deficiency on a Junior Lien Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
3
2021
Infrastructure Spending’s Impact on Retail and Commercial Sites Stark & Stark
Dec
18
2012
EPA Provides Comfort to Prospective Tenants at Contaminated Properties Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
29
2016
Attacking Class Action Allegations On The Pleadings Can Be A Successful Strategy Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
17
2021
5 Trends in Office Space Utilization Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
8
2016
Miami-Dade County Takes P3 Reform Further After Florida Passes New P3 Legislation Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
23
2023
California Supreme Court Holds Third Parties Liable for Worker Bias Under FEHA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
10
2014
Growing Salaries for South Florida’s High-Tech Workers Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
26
2018
Opportunity Zone Guidance Released with Some Answers and Some Outstanding Questions Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Apr
8
2020
COVID-19: Guide to Australia Taxation Measures (updated) K&L Gates
Sep
18
2014
California Homeowners “Bluffed” Out Of Challenge To Coastal Permit To Rebuild Private Access Stairs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2018
California Expands the Use of Defibrillators in Buildings Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
21
2021
DFPI Grants Year-End Reprieve To CFL Licensees Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
26
2013
Orange County Set to Further Revise Transportation Impact Fee Rates Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
May
13
2016
A New and Improved Act Concerning Banking and Consumer Protection in Connecticut Murtha Cullina
Sep
13
2023
GeTtin' SALTy Episode 13 | Catching-up on Significant California SALT Cases [Podcast] Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
19
2018
10 Ways Blockchain Technology Will Change The Legal Industry PracticePanther
Jan
11
2022
NIMBYs Will Now Be Opposed By the Justice Department and Vineyard Wind in Effort to Block Project in Court Mintz
Feb
8
2013
U.S. District Court Judge Blake Finds That The Home Affordable Modification Program Does Not Preclude Plaintiffs From Bringing Their State Law Claims But Dismisses Their Claims On The Merits Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 

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