- CDFI Fund Opens Application Period for FY 2015 CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
- NASACT-NAST LGIP Workgroup Responds to GASB’s Questions on Fees and Gates.
- SIFMA Unveils Model Document for Sophisticated Investors.
- The Muni Advisor Business: A Story of Explosive Growth and Change.
- Small Banks Finally Get Real Shot at Municipal Finance.
- BDA Submits Comment Letter: FINRA Proposal to Expand TRACE Dissemination to Additional Securitized Products.
- Eminence Investors, L.L.L.P. v. Bank of New York Mellon – Court of Appeals holds that putative class action against indenture trustee brought by holder of bonds issued by public financing authority fell within scope of Class Action Fairness Act’s (CAFA) securities exception, and thus was not removable to federal court, where all of bondholder’s claims were based on alleged duties that arose from bonds and indenture, and bondholder was clearly asserting its rights as holder of bonds rather than as purchaser of bonds.
- Montgomery County v. Fraternal Order of Police – Court of Special Appeals upholds County’s right to spend County funds to campaign in favor of ballot referendum to eliminate effects bargaining for County police officers.
- And finally, mother attending son’s little-league game sues town after she trips on what she herself admitted was a “divot” that was “only under two inches but I don’t really remember.” “Mom, your sleazy personal injury lawyer is embarrassing me!”
