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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
15
2024
The Court as Casino No More: Law Court Ends Stringent Foreclosure Rule Pierce Atwood LLP
Jun
13
2013
IRS Decision on Florida Community Development Districts: Commercial Is Out; Residential May Be In Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Jan
19
2017
Miami-Dade County Commission Approves Incentive-Driven Workforce Housing Ordinance Bilzin Sumberg
Jul
9
2020
Texas Court Overturns Record $706 Million Verdict Jones Walker LLP
Nov
12
2014
Commercial Landlord Citing Lease Terms to Prevent Stores from Closing on Thanksgiving Day Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
20
2013
Interior Department Report Exposes Flaws in Federal Coal Leasing Program McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
6
2017
The CFPB's Prospect RESPA Consent Orders: Eight Key Takeaways Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
16
2020
Centuries-Old Native American Treaty Upheld, SCOTUS Says Oklahoma Land Remains Part Of Creek Nation Reservation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
20
2014
Seventh Circuit: Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Challenge Tax Exemption for Ministerial Rental Allowances McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
10
2019
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Determines That No Taking Occurred When Relocated Highway Causes Business Closure von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
31
2024
Under Control? A Consultation Around Land Control in the UK Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
2
2013
US Supreme Court Sides with Private Property Owner on Regulatory Taking Claim Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Dec
5
2014
Daubert Analysis at the Class Certification Stage IMS Legal Strategies
Apr
23
2019
Favorable Guidance Issued on Opportunity Zones Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
13
2024
U.S. Army Corps Permitting: Proposed Revocation of Historic Properties Regulation Bracewell LLP
Jul
11
2013
Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Going Away? Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
7
2017
Oportunidad de extender permisos y órdenes de desarrollo urbano durante casi 16 meses Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
6
2020
San Francisco Ordinance Imposes New ‘Cleaning and Disease Prevention Standards’ and an Employee Training Mandate on Hotels and Large Office Buildings Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
13
2014
Ogden-Rooney Process Conveying State Lands: “There you go Again” Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
May
1
2019
Land of Tax Opportunity Zones II Mintz
Feb
23
2024
Proposed Rule Requires Real Estate Professionals Closing All-Cash Residential Deals To Report To FinCEN Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
17
2013
New Energy Disclosure Requirement for Nonresidential Buildings in California ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
21
2011
Insurance and the Accidental Property Owner Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
18
2017
UK Government Issues Guidance on Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Leased Property Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
24
2020
D.C. Judge Rules COVID-19 Closure Orders Do Not Constitute “Direct Physical Loss” Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
17
2014
Take Advantage of the Massachusetts Personal Property Tax Exemption for Solar Installations Sherin and Lodgen LLP
May
17
2019
FinCEN Again Extends Real Estate GTOs Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
4
2024
ALJ Rules That a Taxpayer Is a Qualified New York Manufacturer Even Though Qualifying Property Was Operated by a Third Party McDermott Will & Emery
 

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