- MSRB Files Exception to MA Conduct Rule’s Principal Transaction Ban.
- MSRB to Implement Gifts Rule for Municipal Advisors.
- Bill Introduced to Require Hedge Funds to Disclose Holdings More Frequently.
- House Committee Approves Legislation to Classify Muni Bonds as High-Quality Liquid Assets.
- How Safe are Municipal Bonds from a Fed Interest Rate Hike?
- Foley: New IRS Regulations For Mixed Use Projects Financed With Tax-Exempt Bonds Have Practical Importance.
- McCarter & English: At Long Last – Allocation and Accounting Rules.
- Joseph B. Doerr Trust v. Central Florida Expressway Authority – Supreme Court of Florida holds that, when condemning authority causes excessive litigation, the trial court shall utilize section 73.092(2) – which requires a trial court to consider qualitative and quantitative factors in determining the amount of a fee award – and is not limited to the benefits achieved formula in section 73.092(1).
- And finally, our deeply held assumptions regarding the subterranean municipal milieu were shaken to the core this week when the court, in Metropolitan Water Dist., dropped this bombshell on us, “[the pipelines] have peacefully coexisted underground for more than sixty years.” Is peaceful coexistence not the natural state of underground pipelines? Are there roving gangs of lead down there beating up on the PVC? Snooty copper patronizing the cast iron? U.N. Pipekeepers?