- Assessing State and Local Government Debt Refinancing Measures.
- Non-Dealer MAs: Supervision Rule Could Hurt Market.
- Bracewell & Giuliani: SEC Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative Targets Issuers and Underwriters with a “Prisoner’s Dilemma”
- Bond Firm’s Gifts to California School Officials Draw Scrutiny.
- BDA Submits Comment Letter on MSRB Draft Rule G-44.
- Nossaman Posts Draft Model P3 Legislation for Public Buildings and Invites Comments.
- Bond Insurance Then & Now: The Revival of an Industry.
- Pension Reporting Change Has Jurisdictions Reviewing their Funding Policies.
- To Report or Not – The SEC’s New MCDC Initiative: Ballard Spahr Webinar.
- And finally, the thin line between hope and delusion is tripped over by the couple in Jerome v. City of St. Paul who purchased a building that had been occupied at various times by the “Moonlight Magic Bar, a bar called Lucy’s, and Wilebski’s Blues Saloon” and had just a few minor code violations, including “a deteriorated roof, a foundation in need of repair, defective interior ceilings, rodent infestation, mold, open plumbing, loose and open electrical wiring, and the lack of a properly installed and operable smoke detector.” Prior to its demolition by the city, the couple told the zoning commission that the first floor would be used for a retail store “of some kind” and that the second floor would be used for a wedding hall. Wedding planners throughout the midwest scramble to make alternate plans.
