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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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Nov
11
2016
Voters Overwhelmingly Approve ‘Build Better LA’ Initiative Resulting in New Affordable Housing and Local Hiring Requirements For Developers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2018
Tenth Circuit Takes Expansive View of the Definition of the Term “Mining,” Holding Wind Farm Project Needs Permit Prior to Commencement of Excavation in Tribal Mineral Estate Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
3
2019
No Students? No Problem, Developer Still Pays Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2019
New Law Aimed At Assisting Low Income Renters Invokes Additional Restraints on California Landlords Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
6
2020
Navigable Waters Protection Rule: How are the “Waters of the United States” Being Defined? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
5
2020
New Bay Area COVID-19 Orders Ease Restrictions on Construction and Impose New Safety Protocols Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
30
2009
Internal Control Compliance: It's More Than You Think. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
20
2010
9th Circuit Upholds Corps Permit and Biological Opinion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
15
2010
Homeowner Associations and Members Not Necessarily Bound By Arbitration Provisions in CC&Rs or in Related Purchase Agreement Where Developer is Initial Declarant Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
9
2010
Inflation Adjustment Of Acquisition-Related Thresholds In The FAR Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
25
2021
Southern California Counties To Adopt Major Housing Production Targets Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
23
2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Safety and Personal Injury Developments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
29
2011
Prison Time and Export Controls: University Professor's Case Illustrates Dangers of Ignoring Export Compliance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
31
2022
New York Governor Releases Updated 421-a Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
2
2013
California Commercial Building Owners Must Comply With New Energy Use Disclosure Rules Commencing July 1, 2013 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
5
2022
Market Conditions Among Factors Adding Variability to Potential California Offshore Lease Outcomes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
7
2013
Delaware Court Provides Critical Guidance as to the Commercial Reasonableness of a UCC Article 9 Foreclosure Sale Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
26
2013
U.S. Supreme Court Hands Major Win To Landowners Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
28
2023
The New York City Council Sets its Sights on Non-Profit Housing Ownership Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
7
2023
CFPB Issues Guidance to Protect Homeowners from Zombie Mortgages Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
1
2023
Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act in Sackett v. EPA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
7
2023
NYC’s Zoning for Carbon Neutrality is Here to Stay Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
16
2014
Principal Architects on Residential Projects Liable for Construction Defects Outside Their Control; Developers and Owners May Pay the Price Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
29
2024
2023 Year-in-Review CEQA Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
29
2014
Collateral Estoppel Bars Copy-Cat Environmental Plaintiff in New Case After Judgment Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2014
Supreme Court Asked to Allow Immediate Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determinations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
21
2015
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Issues New Compensatory Mitigation Guidelines for California Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2016
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Challenge to San Jose’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance; Justice Thomas Suggests Issue is Far From Settled Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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