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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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Date	Title	Organization
23 Jan	Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
21 Jan	Insurance and the Accidental Property Owner	Much Shelist, P.C.
17 Jan	"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
16 Jan	Court Invalidates EIR's Use of a Baseline Predicated On Future, Post-Approval Conditions For Analysis of Project's Impacts - Sunnyvale West Neighborhood Assn. v. City of Sunnyvale City Council, No. H035135 (6th Dist., December 16, 2010)	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
15 Jan	Baseline Using Existing Entitlements Acceptable If It Corresponds To Conditions "On The Ground" - Cherry Valley Pass Acres and Neighbors, et al. v. City of Beaumont, E049651 (4th Dist. Div. 2, November 22, 2010)	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
10 Jan	New Jersey Courts Place Roadblocks On Lenders' Ability To Enforce Mortgage Documents	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
20 Dec	Size Does Matter - Impacts Of The Small Business Jobs Act Of 2010	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
15 Dec	Fifth Circuit Update: Insurance, Real Estate and NLRB (Oh My!)	Hunton Andrews Kurth
14 Dec	Billing Clients Interest Fees on Lawyer Loans Legal, but Uncommon	Center for Public Integrity
26 Nov	“Beneficial Use” of Coal Ash In Question As EPA Mulls Regulation	Center for Public Integrity
24 Nov	Rise in Foreclosures + An Increase in Mortgage Fraud = More Homeowner Fires	Johnson & Bell Ltd.
20 Nov	Courts Clarify Local Agency Role In Mobile Home Park Ownership Conversions	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
18 Nov	No Private Right of Action for Violation of Statutes Extending Notice Period for Foreclosures	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
11 Nov	Ohio Supreme Court Rules Foreclosure Sale Is Not An Arm's Length Transaction	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
8 Nov	Next Wave of MBS Litigation Focuses on Issuers, Underwriters	Hunton Andrews Kurth
3 Nov	Lawsuit Challenging Legitimacy of LEED Program Could Have Major Implications	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
30 Oct	Ohio Supreme Court Update: Preparing Mechanic's Liens on Behalf of Others Without Supervision of an Attorney is Unauthorized Practice of Law - Ohio State Bar Association. v. Lienguard, Inc.	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
28 Oct	New Accounting Rules on the Horizon for Leases	Much Shelist, P.C.
27 Oct	Wisconsin Court of Appeals Concludes That Pollution Exclusion is Not Applicable Despite the Presence of Bat Guano On Residence	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
26 Oct	Court of Appeal Upholds Previous Decision, Finding that the Requirements for Exhausting Administrative Remedies Before Challenging Ceqa Exemption Did Not Apply -- Tomlinson v. County of Alameda	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP