Latest Opportunity Zones Guidelines Offer More Clarity For Business Investments.
Treasury Releases Second Tranche of Proposed Regulations for Opportunity Zones.
Treasury Offers New Guidance on Opportunity Zones.
Investors Underpricing Impact of Climate-Related Risks, Says BlackRock.
Climate Change: The Next Great Risk to Munis Is Already Here
Muni Market Awaits Fallback Language for Libor Phaseout.
Halifax Hospital Medical Center v. State – In bond validation hearing, Supreme Court of Florida holds that enabling act creating special tax district only authorized district to operate within the geographic boundaries established for the district and not outside the district and Interlocal Act, authorizing entry into contracts for performance of service functions of public agencies, was not an independent source of authority for special tax district to establish and operate a hospital outside geographical boundary of district.
In re Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico – Court of Appeals holds that provision of Chapter 9 governing postpetition effect of security interests merely exempts consensual prepetition liens on special revenues that bankrupt municipality acquires postpetition from bankruptcy statute governing postpetition effect of security interests in general.
And finally, Jaws of Life – King Jame’s Version is brought to us this week by City of Effingham v. Diss Truck & Repair, LLC, in which city sought “compensation for extrication services performed by city’s fire department.” Those “extrication services?” Merely pulling a big rig off the poor mechanic upon whom it had fallen. We weren’t there, but are sure that the conversation went much like this, “Good gentlemen of the City of Effingham Fire Department, I find myself in a spot of bother, may I kindly request your finest extrication services?”

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