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Ballard Spahr LLP

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ADGM Entities May Now Own Property in Abu Dhabi

Qualifying Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) entities, including special purpose vehicles, foundations and real estate investment funds, may now hold title to property in Abu Dhabi (onshore and in the free zone) thanks to an...more

Allen Matkins

Would You Bank On Los Angeles?

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On Monday, California Assemblymembers Miguel Santiago and David Chiu announced that they intend to author a bill that would allow local governments to form their own local or regional public banks. The announcement refers to...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Municipalities have new Opportunity to Rehab Distressed Areas

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As we highlighted in a March 19, 2018 blog, the Opportunity Zones federal program establishes Opportunity Zones, or low-income census tracts, to boost private investment in under-served urban and rural communities. These...more

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Opportunity Zones Could Spur Private Investment in Low Income Areas

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The latest tax reform passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) created a new incentive which will impact real estate development in low-income communities by creating “Qualified Opportunity Zones.” The impact of these...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

Troutman Pepper

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

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

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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Municipalities Continue to Advance Plans to Use Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Residential Mortgages

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A number of industry groups1 (the “Industry Groups”) raised concerns recently when Mortgage Resolution Partners (“MRP”) entered into contracts with two additional municipalities to formalize the use of eminent domain programs...more

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No Marriage for Mortgage Resolution Partners Yet (But Proposal Still Being Considered)

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Last summer, we at Crunched Credit wrote (here, here and here) about Mortgage Resolution Partner’s (“MRP”), a San Francisco-based venture-capital firm, proposal whereby underwater performing residential mortgage loans held in...more

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