Weekly Brief: DOJ Memo Details Justification For Killing US Citizens
Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court?
Like most other enterprises that raise and spend capital, the federal government finances its spending in part through the issuance of debt. The federal debt limit is the maximum amount of money that the federal government is...more
Treasury’s Office of Financial Research has released a brief entitled “Credit Ratings in Financial Regulation: What’s Changed Since the Dodd-Frank Act?” The introductory statement notes “The use of credit ratings in financial...more
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) has backed away from its proposed rulemaking regarding financial assurance requirements for the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”). On August 19, 2014, BOEM published an Advance...more