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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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Apr
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2023
Failure to Timely Produce in Discovery Underlying Written Contract with Insured Prevented General Contractor from Establishing Status as an Additional Insured Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
24
2023
Collision at the Intersection of Construction and Intellectual Property Law: Are You Protecting Your Firm’s Trade Secrets? Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
21
2023
Does the 9th Circuit’s Rejection of Berkeley, CA’s Municipal Gas Ban Spell Doom For Massachusetts’ Own Gas-Banning “Demonstration Program”? Pierce Atwood LLP
Apr
21
2023
Ninth Circuit cans Berkeley Gas Ban under Federal Law K&L Gates
Apr
20
2023
Do Mississippi’s Medical Cannabis Advertising and Marketing Restrictions Go Too Far? Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
20
2023
SCOTUS Rejects Acrylamide in Food Case Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
20
2023
Ninth Circuit Rejects Berkeley, California Ban on Natural Gas Hookups in New Construction ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
13
2023
Agree First or it May Cost You Later Robinson & Cole LLP
Apr
6
2023
No Written Notice of Delay? Big Problem! Court Sides with Contractor in Termination Dispute Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
5
2023
More Funding Brings More Bureaucracy to Federal Projects Robinson & Cole LLP
Apr
3
2023
No Written Change Order? No Problem! Court Sides with Subcontractor in Payment Dispute Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
3
2023
Powered By Foley: Construction Lending Trends in Clean Energy [PODCAST] Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
3
2023
Top Ten Risk Mitigation Issues in Renewable Energy Construction Loan Agreements Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
31
2023
California Appeals Court Gives Green Light to Proposition 22 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
30
2023
OSHA Focusing Enforcement Efforts on ‘Vulnerable Workers’ at Construction Sites Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
30
2023
Keeping Up With the Changing Law Restricting Employee Competition in the Construction Industry Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
29
2023
Temporary Relocation Warranty to be Implemented by Tarion Miller Canfield
Mar
28
2023
Willful or Wanton Conduct Not Enough to Overcome Economic Loss Rule Says Colorado Court Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
28
2023
OSHA Inspections, Whistleblower Complaints, and Rapid Response Investigations: Considerations for Employers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
28
2023
Effects of High Inflation and Interest Rates on Real Estate Developments and Leasing Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
Mar
27
2023
Legislative Corrosion of Time Bars in Construction Contracts K&L Gates
Mar
24
2023
A New Template Contract for Prefabricated Construction Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
22
2023
How Final Is a Final Award? Turns Out, It Is Difficult to “Escapes!” a Final Arbitration Award in a Construction Conflict Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
16
2023
Pre COVID-19 Construction Cost Estimates Are Likely Outdated Stark & Stark
Mar
15
2023
OFCCP Announces Mega Construction Project Initiative; Focus on Construction Contractors Continues Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
15
2023
Can a Lien Enforcement Action Be Properly Removed to Federal Court in Alabama? Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
13
2023
Renewables Rule! Illinois Law Sets Uniform Standards for Approval of Utility Wind and Solar Facilities K&L Gates
Mar
9
2023
NDAA Section 822 – Contractors Should Act Now to Seek Relief Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
 

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