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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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Dec
31
2009
 Foreclosure Mediation Program on Its Way to Cook County Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
18
2012
 Vapor Intrusion and What to Do About It Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
15
2022
 Illinois Passes "Wage Protection" Law Targeting General Contractors Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
26
2014
 Know Your Contract, Follow Its Terms: Simple Steps That Can Help You Prevail In A Dispute Much Shelist, P.C.
May
21
2015
 New Chicago Affordable Housing Ordinance Means Greater Costs for Developers Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug
6
2015
 New Illinois Law Allows for the Removal of Mechanics Liens Through Lien Bonds Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
7
2017
 Developer-in-Chief: How the New U.S. President May Affect the Construction Industry Much Shelist, P.C.
May
29
2009
 Liability Insurance and the Duty to Defend: When Does the “Eight Corners” Test Have an Extra Corner? Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
3
2012
 Landlords and Tenants: Tips to Maximize Office Leasing Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
26
2014
 Today's Contracts Enforceability Issue: No Damages for Delay or Disruption Clauses Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug
5
2009
 Early Risk Assessment Reduces Receivable Problems Clark & Trevithick
Jun
29
2009
 Department of Energy Outlines Funding for Solar and Geothermal Energy Projects Day Pitney LLP
Jul
20
2009
 New Secondary Lending Market Terms Making It Tough On Condos Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
20
2009
 Stabilization Of Housing Market Will Create Additional Public/Private Partnership Opportunities Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
21
2009
 The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act When is a Condominium Project Exempt from Registration? Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
21
2009
 Green retrofitting existing bldgs. Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
21
2009
 Adverse Possession Claims in Colorado Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
21
2009
 Is the AIA's Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages Really Mutual? Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
22
2009
 Forming the Mixed-Use Community How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Sharing Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
22
2009
 Governmental Restrictions on Land Use Permits as Takings of Private Property Rights Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
22
2009
 Colorado Construction Defects Update: A Perspective Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul
22
2009
 Variations on a Timeshare Theme in Colorado Resort Communities Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jun
12
2017
 Tenth Circuit Finds CERCLA Contribution Claim Not Barred by Bankruptcy Approval of a Settlement Estimating Liability for the Site Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
17
2018
 Contractors May Benefit by Taking Equity in the Project They are Constructing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
6
2019
 EIR for Downtown San Francisco Mixed-Use Project Upheld Under Supreme Court’s Newly Articulated Standard of Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
31
2019
 California State Budget Summary: Allocations for Housing and Homelessness Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
14
2019
 9th Circuit Says CPUC’s Standard Contract and Re-MAT Program for Certain Renewable Generators are not PURPA Compliant Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
1
2020
 Judicial Council Amends Tolling Period for Statutes Limitations Impacted by COVID-19 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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