MSRB Analysis of Primary vs. Recently Issued and Competitive vs. Negotiated Municipal Securities Markets.
Faster US Settlement Hit Harder Than Expected, Citi Survey Says.
GFOA MiniMuni Sessions Announced.
Texas Officials Sued Over Anti-ESG Law Targeting Wall Street.
Alabama Hospital Defaults on Municipal Debt as Expenses Soar.
Why Miami Struggled to Sell its First Forever Bonds.
Bonta v. Superior Court of Sacramento County – Court of Appeal holds that ballot label that described proposition as allowing approval of local infrastructure and housing bonds for low- and middle-income Californians with 55% vote complied with statutory requirements of a concise and accurate description in terms that were not misleading, despite argument that label should have stated that existing law required a 2/3 vote to approve such bonds.
And Finally, Tis But A Scratch is brought to us this week by City of Atlanta v. Perkins, in which the jury awarded $2,361,700 in damages and $944,680 in attorney fees. $944,680. Laissez les bons temps rouler, mes amis. Imagine the elation. Imaging the deflation as the trial judge JNOVed that fee award because pedestrian, “did not plead such fees in his complaint or amended complaint.” How do you miss this? How do you not through take 90 seconds to drop in some boilerplate requesting attorney fees? From a million to nada. How? But we’re quite sure that everyone had a good chuckle back at the firm. No?

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