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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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Feb
26
2014
 Know Your Contract, Follow Its Terms: Simple Steps That Can Help You Prevail In A Dispute Much Shelist, P.C.
May
21
2015
 New Chicago Affordable Housing Ordinance Means Greater Costs for Developers Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug
6
2015
 New Illinois Law Allows for the Removal of Mechanics Liens Through Lien Bonds Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
7
2017
 Construction Contract Keystones, Part I: Payment Mechanisms Much Shelist, P.C.
Dec
31
2009
 Foreclosure Mediation Program on Its Way to Cook County Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
3
2012
 Landlords and Tenants: Tips to Maximize Office Leasing Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
26
2014
 Today's Contracts Enforceability Issue: No Damages for Delay or Disruption Clauses Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
7
2017
 Developer-in-Chief: How the New U.S. President May Affect the Construction Industry Much Shelist, P.C.
May
29
2009
 Liability Insurance and the Duty to Defend: When Does the “Eight Corners” Test Have an Extra Corner? Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
13
2014
 Cook County Adopts New Class 7c Real Estate Tax Incentive for Commercial Property Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
30
2009
 1031 Exchanges: Protecting Your Sale Proceeds from a Qualified Intermediary's Creditors Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
24
2011
 Did I Really Sign That? When Signed Affidavits Are Altered Before Filing Much Shelist, P.C.
May
29
2009
 Are You an Additional Insured? An Oral Contract May Not Be Worth the Paper It’s (Eventually) Printed On Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
30
2009
 The Who, What and How of Additional-Insured Requirements: Part I Much Shelist, P.C.
Apr
8
2024
 Signs of Financial Distress in Sectors of Construction Market Much Shelist, P.C.
May
29
2009
 The Mechanics Lien in a Troubled Market: What Property Owners Should Know Much Shelist, P.C.
Oct
11
2013
 Wearing Two Hats: Bad Fashion, and a Potentially Costly Mistake for Engineers and Architects Much Shelist, P.C.
Dec
10
2014
 Today’s Contracts Enforceability Issues, Part II: Those Pesky Forum Selection Clauses Much Shelist, P.C.
May
5
2016
 Measure Twice and Cut Once: Creating Compliance Program to Manage Unreliable FHAA and ADA Design and Construction Indemnification Provisions Much Shelist, P.C.
May
29
2009
 Caution: Bumpy Roads Ahead for Your Securitized Loan Much Shelist, P.C.
Jul
30
2021
 A Conversation With Courtney Mayster [PODCAST] Much Shelist, P.C.
Oct
31
2019
 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: New Jersey Proposes Legislation Proscribing Hairstyle Discrimination Similar to Current New York and California Laws Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Apr
21
2020
 IRS Tax Relief Notice for 1031 Deferred Exchanges Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Jan
10
2011
 New Jersey Courts Place Roadblocks On Lenders' Ability To Enforce Mortgage Documents Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Dec
14
2011
 The New Jersey Supreme Court Extends The Powerful New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act To Foreclosures Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Jun
5
2013
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Jul
16
2018
 A New Opportunity for Deferring and Reducing Capital Gains While Making Attractive Investments in America’s Distressed Areas Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
May
7
2020
 Rent Obligations on Retail Space in the Midst of a Pandemic: A Path Forward for Landlords and Tenants Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
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