- MSRB Proposes to Align Muni Trade Settlement with SEC Rule.
- Proposed Regulation Best Execution: SIFMA Comment Letter
- SEC Approves MSRB Solicitor Muni Advisors Rule Amendments.
- How a Florida Retiree Scored a $3.4 Million Refund for Muni-Bond Investors. [Ed. Note: Interesting article regarding factoring.]
- SEC to Host Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference.
- Interesting case regarding state taxation of capital gains tax here.
- And Finally, Give A Hoot Don’t Pollute. Oh, Never Mind. is brought to us this week by City of Fort Smith v. Merriott, in which the City of Fort Smith organized and implemented a first-rate, comprehensive curbside-pickup recycling program for which the residents were charged a fee. Turns out the city was simply carting the entire lot directly to the city dump, where it was, uh, dumped. Oops. But a tale of garden-variety municipal indifference and sloth transforms into a glorious anecdote when we learn the the city was also issuing “warning stickers to residents that failed to properly separate their trash and their recyclables.” The gall! The effrontery! The hilarity!