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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
15
2020
Code Section 1031 Like Kind Exchange Deadlines Extended Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
18
2010
Notice Of Exemption Triggers A 35-Day Statute Of Limitations Under CEQA Despite Flaws in Underlying Approval Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
13
2011
A Borrower May Not Bring An Action To Determine Whether The Owner Of A Mortgage Note Has Authorized A Nonjudicial Foreclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
16
2011
Court Affirms CEQA Does Not Require Cumulative Impact Analysis Where Project Makes No Contribution to Groundwater Impacts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
15
2011
Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
6
2022
Turning Back the Clock: DOL Proposes Previous Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Definition Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
27
2022
CFPB Annual Report: End to Mortgage Refinancing Boom, Increase in Home Purchase Loans Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
10
2023
Multifamily Building Owners: Are you Prepared to Meet Balcony Inspection Requirements by the January 1, 2025 Deadline? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
18
2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Releases Exam Procedure Updates For Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
13
2013
Showdown in the Richmond: The City of Richmond Threatens Eminent Domain on Underwater Loans Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
6
2023
Florida Enacts Pole Attachment Regulations for Electric Cooperatives Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
16
2023
Navigating California’s New Foreclosure Laws: A Guide for Institutions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
14
2014
Interior’s Carcieri Opinion Means More Diligence for Trust Land Development Projects Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
18
2023
Top 10 Takeaways from OMB’s “Build America, Buy America” Guidance for Infrastructure Projects Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
29
2023
CFPB 2022 Loan Data: Decrease in Originations; Increase Loan Payments, Fees Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
8
2014
Trails-to-Rails-to-?: The Brandt Case and its Potential Impact on the Nation’s Trails Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2014
Missing Data Protocols Under California's AB1103 Energy Use Disclosure Rule and Other Important Facts You Need to Know Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
11
2014
California Legislature Can Amend CEQA to Expedite Construction of Sacramento Kings Arena Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
20
2014
California Supreme Court to Review Denial of Homeowner’s Private Beach Access Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
11
2016
CFPB Issues Letter on TRID Enforcement and Liability: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
12
2018
Developer Had No Right to Independent Counsel Based on a Possible Conflict of Interest for Carrier-Appointed Counsel Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
11
2010
Supercenters Do Not Automatically Trigger Requirement To Study Urban Decay Effects In An EIR Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
23
2020
NY Court of Appeals Decides Who Gets Access to Required “Open Space” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
2
2010
New York State Amends Power of Attorney Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
23
2011
2010 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act "FCPA" Year In Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
21
2011
Missouri Supreme Court Decision Provides Reminder Of Breadth Of Prevailing Wage Requirements On Construction Contracts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
14
2011
Municipalities Are Responsible For Discharges Of Stormwater Regardless Of The Ultimate Source Of Pollution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
25
2011
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Bad Foreclosure = Bad Title For Bona Fide Purchaser Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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