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Delaware Superior Court Applies Law-of-the-Case Doctrine and Collateral Estoppel to a Prior Chancery Proceeding

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Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC, C.A. No. N19C-10-107-MMJ [CCLD] (Del. Super. Dec. 15, 2020) - Plaintiff and defendants competed as institutional investors in the high-yield municipal bond market. Seeking to...more

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COVID-19 Outbreak Creates Disclosure and Due Diligence Challenges

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Disclosure to municipal bond investors of material risks stemming from the coronavirus outbreak presents a serious concern in the municipal securities industry. This is particularly true in certain sectors, including bonds...more

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Quarterly Investment Update - 3rd Quarter 2018

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Economic Commentary - The U.S. economy continues to show signs of improvement. Unemployment fell to 3.7 percent, and second quarter GDP grew to an annualized rate of 4.2 percent, which is the highest rate of growth since...more

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Quarterly Investment Update - 4th Quarter 2016

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ECONOMIC REVIEW AND OUTLOOK - In this past year we were reminded again to expect the unexpected: The well-established political classes in the U.K., the U.S. and Italy learned that democracy was their Achilles’ heel, and...more

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Jury Finds Miami and Former Budget Director Guilty of Securities Fraud

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In the first federal jury trial by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against a municipality or its officers, jurors found that the City of Miami, Florida (Miami or the City) and its former budget director...more

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Public Officials, Financial Disclosure And A New Era Of Liability

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is making it clear: Government leaders who issue misleading financial information are putting themselves at risk. Several recent actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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SEC Assesses Its First Financial Penalty against a Municipal Securities Issuer

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that it has, for the first time, assessed a financial penalty against a municipal securities issuer. The penalty arises from a settled administrative proceeding...more

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In a First, SEC Charges Indiana School District and Municipal Bond Underwriter with Fraud

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 29, 2013 charged a school district in Indiana and its municipal bond underwriter with falsely stating to bond investors that the school district had been properly providing...more

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Two More Municipal Fraud Cases From the SEC

July 2013 was a big month for the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in its quest to increase enforcement in the municipal market. On July 19, 2013, the SEC charged the City of Miami, Florida ("Miami"), and its...more

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