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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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Apr
12
2016
Minefield of Surrenders and Assignments Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
18
2017
UK Government Issues Guidance on Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Leased Property Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
14
2017
Mind the gap – a note for the statutory construction industry Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
11
2020
President Trump Issues Four Executive Actions As Deadlock on Coronavirus Aid Continues Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
24
2015
It’s Time to Rewrite Wisconsin’s Single-Party Listing Agreement Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
2
2016
Increasing Legal Scrutiny of Website Accessibility in the Real Estate Industry Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
6
2017
Another Joint Employer Test Makes Its Debut Foley & Lardner LLP
May
10
2018
California Mandates Solar for Nearly All New Homes Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
30
2020
New Regulations Expand CFIUS’s National Security Authorities to U.S. Energy Sector Investments Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
18
2017
New Requirements for Planned Developments in Chicago Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
7
2019
Real Estate Industry Facing Threat of New TCPA Class Actions Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
1
2020
Home Sales May Equal Auto Sales Foley & Lardner LLP
May
18
2022
DOE Announces Transmission Facilitation Program Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
1
2015
Seventh Circuit Limits Construction Lender’s Use of Title Insurance Policy to Cover Construction Liens Created by Lender’s Cutoff of Funding Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
27
2016
IRS Issues New Requirements for IVES Participants Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
12
2017
What Real Estate Settlement Service and Other Consumer Financial Services Providers Need to Know About the CFPB’s Final Arbitration Rule Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
13
2018
President Trump Signs Executive Order Promoting Opportunity Zones Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
16
2020
Wisconsin Municipalities May Not Appeal a Board of Review’s Reduction of Property Tax Assessment Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
18
2016
Five Key Takeaways From the D.C. Circuit’s PHH Decision Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
23
2020
Fourth Circuit Applies Spokeo to Bar RESPA Section 8 Class Action Claim Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
15
2023
Salt Water Disposal Well Leases Can Pose a Trap for the Unwary Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
24
2023
Building Distinction in Architectural Trade Dress Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
5
2015
CFPB Director Cordray Issues First-Ever Agency Appellate Decision in RESPA Case Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
17
2015
Southern California Edison Seeking Rooftop Solar Projects Foley & Lardner LLP
May
16
2017
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Properly Perfected Assignment of Rents Not Property of Bankruptcy Estate Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
19
2017
CFPB Loses Borders Case: the Court Construes RESPA’s Statutory ABA Exemption according to its Plain Language Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
6
2019
Conover v. Patriot Land Transfer: RESPA’s Statute of Limitations and Equitable Tolling Clash Again Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
21
2020
More Clarity on What Constitutes a Final, Appealable Order in Bankruptcy After Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC Foley & Lardner LLP
 

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