- NFMA Releases Final Best Practices for State GO Bond Disclosure After Public Comment.
- SEC Asks: Should Muni Bond Pricing Change in Wake of Edward Jones?
- MSRB: Best-Ex Rule Will Not Be Implemented Before Release of Guidance.
- BDA Submits Letter to SEC on MSRB Proposed Rule G-42 Regarding the Core Duties of Municipal Advisors.
- Hedge Funds Fill Gap in the U.S. Municipal Bond Market.
- Bond Ruling Emboldens Abusive Scheme, Former IRS Official Says: Tax Analysts
- Emmet & Co., Inc. v. Catholic Health East – Appeals court holds that issuer’s coupling of tender offer with redemption of municipal bonds, as well as issuer’s synthetic sale of bonds to financial advisor through total return swap, violated indenture.
- And finally, “Now Where Did I Leave My Keys?” is brought to us this week by Caramanno v. City of New York, in which a paving contractor sued the city after it relocated, and subsequently destroyed, an item of contractor’s personal property. The item, you ask? A steam roller. An honest-to-god steam roller. Answers to the absolutely dumfounding questions regarding how one might possibly misplace, relocate, or destroy such an item are far, far beyond the purview of this publication. Our deepest apologies.
