- NABL Releases Paper on Direct Purchases.
- GASB Proposes Implementation Guide for Other Postemployment Benefits.
- MSRB’s G-42 Guidance Notes Ambiguities for MAs in Conduit Issues: Burr & Forman
- MSRB Publishes Market Advisory Addressing Conflicts of Interest with Issuer Designation of Underwriter’s Counsel.
- FINRA And The MSRB Issue FAQs On Bond Mark-Up Disclosure: WilmerHale
- PLR 201726007 – Insights into the Facts & Circumstances Test for Private Business Use after Rev. Proc. 2017-13.
- Recent Developments in Pension Obligation Bonds: Orrick / Bond Buyer Webinar
- Douglas v. Stillwater Area Public Schools, Independent School District 834 – Court of Appeal holds that school district did not abandon bond referendum’s broad purpose when it decided to close three elementary schools and cancel improvements scheduled at the schools, and thus, district’s changes in plans for using bond proceeds did not require voter approval and did not violate statute requiring it to spend bond proceeds for purposes stated in ballot language.
- And finally, Great Moments in Misguided Bromance is brought to us this week by City of Lincoln v. County of Lancaster, in which a deputy sheriff threw a friendly punch to the shoulder of a city police officer. “Unbeknownst to the deputy, the police officer had recently undergone surgery on the shoulder.” $63k in worker’s comp and various lawsuits ensued. All of which overlooks the colossal silver lining here: at least it wasn’t a recent vasectomy.