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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Mar
12
2024
OFCCP Proposes Changes to Construction Contractor Scheduling Letter and Contract Award Notification Requirement Form Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
6
2024
American Arbitration Association Revises Construction Industry Rules and Mediation Procedures Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
6
2024
New Updates to AAA Construction Rules Now in Effect Pierce Atwood LLP
Mar
5
2024
Bid Protests in Pennsylvania Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
4
2024
The Top 10 Horrible, No-Good Mistakes Construction Lawyers Make: Mistake No. 1: Not Realizing It’s All About the Facts Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
1
2024
How Will Rising Interest Rates and Economic Uncertainty Impact Real Estate Industry in 2024? Katten
Feb
28
2024
Government Response to Consultation on Building Safety Levy Suggests it May Not Just Apply to ‘Higher-Risk Buildings’ in England Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
28
2024
New York Amends “Prompt Payment Act” Capping Retainage at 5% on Private Construction Projects Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Feb
28
2024
Court Holds That Acceptance Rule and Economic Loss Doctrine Did Not Bar Claim Brought by Real Estate Purchaser Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
26
2024
New Prevailing Wage Requirements for Charter School Construction Projects Miller Canfield
Feb
26
2024
Mining, Energy, and Infrastructure Disputes with Sovereign States in 2023: Mexico Tops the List of Respondents ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
23
2024
Open Permits, Empty Pockets Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Feb
21
2024
California Bill Would Require Employees in Outdoor Industries to Be Certified in Heat Illness Prevention Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
20
2024
Breach vs. Default — What’s the Difference? Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Feb
19
2024
Michigan Adopts New Prevailing Wage Requirements for Public School Construction Projects Miller Canfield
Feb
16
2024
Limitation of Damages Clause in Contract Held Inapplicable to Subcontractor’s Change Order Claim Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Feb
12
2024
San Diego City Council Approves Union-Friendly Citywide Project Labor Agreement Restricting Most City Construction Projects Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
8
2024
Washington, D.C.'s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Proposes Rules to Implement Downtown Real Property Tax Abatement Legislation K&L Gates
Feb
8
2024
Subcontractors’ COVID-19-Related Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Feb
6
2024
Employee Stock Ownership Plans for Construction Companies: Part 3 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Feb
1
2024
The Risk of Fighting on Two Fronts: Court Admits Evidence of General Contractor’s Claims Against Other Parties Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
30
2024
Changes to New York’s Prompt Payment Act: Construction Contract Considerations for Developers and Owners Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
30
2024
Bid Protests in Georgia Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
29
2024
Court Sends Wind Farm Developer Spinning by Ordering Removal of Wind Turbines in Significant Mineral Rights Holding Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
25
2024
Protecting Your Rights in a Home Renovation Project Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
Jan
25
2024
Employee Stock Ownership Plans for Construction Companies: Part 2 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
22
2024
Impact of Labor Board’s New Joint-Employer Rule on Construction Industry Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
22
2024
Bid Protests in the District of Columbia Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
 

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