Construction & Real Estate

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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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.
Aug 5 2009	Early Risk Assessment Reduces Receivable Problems	Clark & Trevithick
Jun 29 2009	Department of Energy Outlines Funding for Solar and Geothermal Energy Projects	Day Pitney LLP
Jul 20 2009	Stabilization Of Housing Market Will Create Additional Public/Private Partnership Opportunities	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act When is a Condominium Project Exempt from Registration?	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	Green retrofitting existing bldgs.	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	Adverse Possession Claims in Colorado	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 21 2009	Is the AIA's Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages Really Mutual?	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Forming the Mixed-Use Community How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Sharing	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Governmental Restrictions on Land Use Permits as Takings of Private Property Rights	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Colorado Construction Defects Update: A Perspective	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 22 2009	Variations on a Timeshare Theme in Colorado Resort Communities	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Jul 20 2009	New Secondary Lending Market Terms Making It Tough On Condos	Fairfield and Woods P.C.
Apr 26 2023	Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Berkeley’s Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction, Dealing Blow to California’s Electrification Efforts	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan 9 2014	New California Statutes Potentially Increase Owners’ and Developers’ Exposure Under the Prevailing Wage Law	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May 31 2014	Developer-Prepared Cost Comparisons Can Show Economic Infeasibility Under CEQA - California Environmental Quality Act	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan 16 2024	U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Consider Appeal of Ninth Circuit Ruling that Sober Living Homes Do Not Have to Prove Each Resident Is Disabled to Survive Summary Judgment in Challenge to Allegedly Discriminatory Zoning Laws	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb 14 2024	California Continues Trend of Pushing Housing Legislation to Address Ongoing Housing Shortage	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar 25 2024	A Win for Consistency Evaluations Under CEQA Guidelines 15183: Court Rules that Public Controversy is not a Basis for Additional Environmental Review	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

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