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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
17
2011
"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
8
2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
21
2011
Dispelling the Myth of MERS as a "Sham" Beneficiary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
17
2021
Association of Bay Area Governments Formally Denies Nearly All Regional Housing Needs Allocation Appeals Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
10
2022
Challenge to Housing and Revitalization Project Found Not Cognizable under the Fair Housing Act and California Fair Employment and Housing Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
21
2022
Court of Appeal Holds No-Project Alternative Analysis May Mean More When Conversation is an Option and Reinforces Low Barrier to Entry Under the Exhaustion Doctrine Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
12
2013
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Not Needed Before Starting Eminent Domain Proceeding Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
16
2023
FTC Seeks to Block Deal Between Top Mortgage Loan Technology Providers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
31
2013
“So You’re Saying There’s A Chance…”: Yellowstone Injunctions Alive and Well in the New York Commercial Division Re: Landlord Tenant Issues Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
13
2023
Measure ULA May Not Measure Up Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
6
2013
Substantial Evidence Test Applies to Decision Not to Require Additional Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
26
2013
No Private Attorney General Fees for Homeowner Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
7
2023
Second District Addresses CEQA’s Class 32 Infill Exemption Criteria Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
29
2023
US District Court Grants HUD’s Summary Judgment Motion in Disparate Impact Case Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
25
2024
FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Deter Money Laundering in the Residential Real Estate Sector Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2014
UPDATE: Comment Period for Office of Planning and Research (OPR) Rethink of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines on Transportation Impacts in Extended Until November 21, 2014 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
19
2014
New Russian Sanctions Legislation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
29
2015
Second-Lowest Bidder for Public Contracts May Sue Lowest Bidder Who Paid Less Than Prevailing Wages Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
22
2015
State Lands Commission Land Exchanges Not Exempt from CEQA Review Absent a Title or Boundary Dispute; Actual Notice Doesn’t Satisfy CEQA Notice Requirements Under Public Resources Code Section 21177(e) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
16
2017
City of Los Angeles Releases Draft Hollywood Community Plan Update Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
11
2018
EPC Contractors Procuring from Foreign Companies need to Reconsider their Contracts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
15
2020
Code Section 1031 Like Kind Exchange Deadlines Extended Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
9
2010
FAPIIS: The New Integrity Database For Government Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
21
2020
City Planning Announces Citywide Hotel Special Permit Text Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
23
2011
Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
20
2011
Extreme Makeover: Arts Edition Paducah, Kentucky Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
12
2011
"Pay Under Protest" Procedure for "Other Exactions" Is Not Applicable to All Development Exactions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
22
2011
Application of Sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act to California Delta Smelt Does Not Violate Commerce Clause Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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