The SEC’s Proposed New Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies: What Do They Mean for Municipal Issuers and Borrowers? – Orrick
GFOA Updates Economic Indicator Dashboards.
New Online Hub to Help Cities Apply for Federal Infrastructure Funding.
‘Woke Bond Rating’? The Muni Finance Fight Over ESG Scores.
America’s Political Right Has a New Enemy No. 1: ESG Investors
Ducking the Culture Wars Isn’t an Option for Companies Anymore. Fighting Back Is.
In re Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico – Court of Appeals holds that lack of specific legislation permitting the plan to modify Commonwealth’s pension obligations to public school teachers did not bar confirmation of plan. Ed. Note: This one is instructive in that the Court of Appeals laid out the omissions to the Plan of Adjustment that would have obviated this particular litigation.
And finally, Mel Brooks, Driving Instructor is brought to us this week by Battaglia v. Lombardi, in which the Supreme Court of Rhode Island provided us with a comprehensive description of an exotic, heretofore unknown, vehicular maneuver, stating that, “plaintiff positioned his vehicle in the spot, shifted the vehicle into park, and shut the vehicle off.” It is our understanding that this is also known as, “parking.” Fortunately, it has a happy ending. As the plaintiff explained, “I lifted up the pallet to push it against the chain link fence, and my whole body just went right down this open manhole that I had no idea was there.” It is our understanding that this is also known as, “hilarity.”

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