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SIFMA Submits Comments to the SEC on Proposed Rule Change to Amend MSRB Rule G-26, on Customer Account Transfers.
Groups Ask MSRB to Broaden CUSIP Exception for Private Placements.
Unlocking Value from Public Assets: Leveraging Private-Sector Expertise to Generate New Public Benefits.
Goldman Leaps Into Ranks of Top Muni Underwriters With Big Sales.
NABL: Political Subdivision Regs on List of Burdensome Regs.
Valley Forge Towers Apartments N, LP v. Upper Merion Area School District – Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holds that Uniformity Clause did not permit school district to selectively appeal only assessments of commercial properties, such as apartment complexes, while choosing not to appeal assessments of other types of property, such as single-family residential homes.
People v. Superior Court – Supreme Court of California holds that an independent contractor can be a public officer or employee prohibited from having a financial interest in a contract made in his official capacity, disapproving People v. Christiansen.
And finally, Not Exactly the Casino Royale is brought to us this week by McAnally v. Thompson, in which whistleblowing town police captain contacted the FBI to request its assistance in investigating possible municipal malfeasance. The site of their clandestine rendezvous? “In the parking lot behind the Dairy Queen in Wasilla.” Captain MacAnally, I knew Bond, James Bond. Bond, James Bond was a friend of mine. You sir, are no….

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