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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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Jul
23
2014
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Puts Judgment Creditors at Risk by Changing 150 Years of Law on How to Obtain a Priority Lien against a Judgment Debtor’s Personal Property Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
25
2020
Ohio Stay-at-Home Order: Title Companies and Real Estate Closings are Business as Usual (Almost) Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
28
2023
TCPA Violations Lead to $40 Million Settlement for Real Estate Company Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
17
2016
North Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Claims against Lender over Failed Real Estate Development Poyner Spruill LLP
Oct
14
2021
What is a ‘Quick Take’ in Eminent Domain Law? Roetzel & Andress LPA
Aug
6
2014
N.C. Court of Appeals Reviews Commercial and Residential Summary Ejectment Cases Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
27
2020
Governor Wolf Approves Temporary and Limited Suspension of Rule Requiring Physical Presence of Notaries for Real Estate Transactions Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jul
23
2018
The Mortgage Controls: Mortgagors' Dispute Regarding Alleged "Excessive" and "Unreasonable" Property Inspection Fees Fails to State a Claim Under FDCPA Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
9
2023
Banking Agencies Finalize Interagency Policy Statement on CRE Loan Workouts Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
6
2016
Sports Authority Looks to be the Next Big Tenant Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Stark & Stark
Mar
31
2020
Real Estate Provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
13
2012
Creating a Tax Incremental District to Spur Development von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jul
18
2023
EPA says we should have its next stab at a Waters of the United States rule in September. What's next? Mintz
Aug
21
2014
Texas Supreme Court Confirms General Waiver of Section 51.003 in Property Guaranty Agreements Bracewell LLP
Apr
3
2020
Foreclosure and Forbearance Under the CARES Act Ward and Smith, P.A.
Dec
26
2012
2012: "The Real Year of the (Healthcare) REIT"? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
25
2023
Potential Approaching Storm in Commercial Real Estate: Recent Updating of Great Recession Guidance ArentFox Schiff LLP
Dec
6
2021
California Expands Crackdown on Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Provisions Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
4
2014
Former Analyst Claims Moody’s Falsely Inflated Ratings for Mortgage-backed Securities Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
7
2020
California Judicial Council Adopts Rule Tolling State of Limitations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
7
2013
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act's "HMDA" Regulation C Exemption Limits Increased by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Katten
Oct
4
2018
California Housing Legislation (2017-2018) [INFOGRAPHIC] Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
26
2016
Solar Spotlight: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Sep
15
2014
Nonconformities Reconsidered: Massachusetts Court Reinterprets Zoning Act to Require Variances for New Nonconformities to Grandfathered Homes Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
10
2023
Los Angeles Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance: A Push Towards Sustainable Housing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
8
2016
The Business of Water Service in North Carolina Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
10
2022
Rethinking Force Majeure Clauses in Commercial Leases in Response to COVID-19 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
25
2014
California: Real Estate “Change in Ownership” Can Trigger Documentary Transfer Tax Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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