- Bluebonnet Hotel Ventures, LLC v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., in which the court declined to rescind interest rate swap contract – entered into by developer at bank’s suggestion – in connection with bond issuance, finding that swap was not contingent upon extension of letter of credit by bank, which was never executed.
- Kane v. Township of Williamstown, holding that a resolution that permitted a township to assess an ad valorem special assessment for police protection also permitted the township to assess and implement a uniform-fee special assessment.
- Borough of Harvey Cedars v. Karan, in which the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that calculation of just compensation in eminent domain action is required to include benefit that homeowners obtained as a result of storm protection provided by construction of sand dune that was the cause of the eminent domain action.
- Louisiana Mun. Police Employees’ Retirement System v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., in which the court found nothing illegal about bank’s charging of undisclosed mark-ups on foreign exchange transactions executed for custodial clients.
- US Municipal VRDO and FRN Update, June 2013.
- Brokers Willing to Pay Up for Fiduciary Standard: SIFMA.
- MSRB Releases Report on Municipal Bond Continuing Disclosure Documents.
- MSRB to Launch Disclosure Tool; Will it Lead to Dispute with DAC?
- IRS: FSLG July 2013 Newsletter.
- GFOA: New Pension Numbers for Books, Budgets, and Bonds.
- WSJ: With Palo Alto on Board, OpenGov Aims for Transparency in Dozens More City Governments.
- And finally, a laudable attempt to make soccer entertaining. Assistant soccer coach jumps up, grabs the goal’s crossbar, and pulls the entire apparatus down onto his face. I’d watch that.
