Cornerstone Research Experts in Focus: Andrea Eisfeldt
Spending New York’s $4.2 Billion Environmental Bond Funds
Podcast: Credit Funds: Credit Default Swaps in the Distressed Limelight
[WEBINAR] Developing FEMA Compliant Procurement Procedures
2017 West Virginia Legislative Update For Employers
How Leading Philippine Companies are Using Bonds to Their Advantage
Can I collect my judgment if the other side is appealing?
Bill on Bankruptcy: US Airways Need a Merger More than AMR
Bill on Bankruptcy: Why is Kodak's Stock Soaring?
Bill on Bankruptcy: How Purchasers of AMR Stock Made a Killing
Bill on Bankruptcy: Rakoff Reverses Himself in Madoff Case
Bill on Bankruptcy: MF Global Creditors Undeterred by Low Value
Bill on Bankruptcy: Will 2013 Be Kind To The Bankruptcy Bar?
Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Surprises For AMR, MF Global Creditors
On April 28, 2023, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of the Morgan County Superior Court and approved $15 billion in bonds for Project Tera, a 2,000-acre Rivian Horizon LLC (“Rivian”) electric truck plant...more
Stock Market Commentary - Trade and interest rates continued to be the headline market movers for the third quarter. In late July, as expected, the Fed cut rates a quarter percent and recommitted to "act as appropriate"...more
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 17 sustainable development goals to be achieved by 2030 ("SDGs"). The SDGs include ending poverty and hunger, promoting gender equality, tackling climate change and...more
This document briefly summarizes a select list of legislation relating to public finance enacted by the 86th Legislature (Regular Session) that became law. Bills are arranged alphabetically by subject matter, separating laws...more
On December 31, 2018, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) relating to public approval requirements for tax exempt private activity bonds. The...more
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
Stock Market Commentary - Domestic equity markets rebounded during the second quarter, bringing the year-to-date return into positive territory for the S&P 500, now up 2.6% YTD after gaining 3.4% for the quarter. Reports...more
The Warren County Port Authority (WCPA)’s newly created Ohio Communities Accelerator Fund (OCAF) recently closed on its “first bond fund transaction,” a $7.5-million transaction for the Warren County Convention and Visitors...more
When it returns on March 13, the Vermont Senate is expected to consider S.197, a bill that creates strict liability for damage to property and human health for the release of many harmful substance into the environment, and...more
For a number of years, the IRS Office of Tax-Exempt Bonds ("TEB") has expressed concerns about potential tax abuses that may exist in what it has characterized as "developer-driven deals" involving the use of tax-exempt...more
Lack of workable replacement (so far, at least) be damned—the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has announced that [the scandal-plagued] Libor will be phased out by 2021 in favor of “transaction-based benchmarks”....more
Federal regulators unveiled a proposal yesterday that would push the country’s biggest banks and other “critical financial companies” to shore up cybersecurity protocols, to prevent hacks, and to have a recovery plan at the...more
The DOJ has asked the 2d Circuit to reconsider its May decision overturning the 2013 jury verdict (and subsequent $1.27 billion penalty) against Bank of America for fraud relating to its mortgage-generation HUSL program....more
The tools available to the City of Philadelphia to finance community and economic development projects have been enhanced under a new law that authorizes the imposition of special assessments to support tax increment finance...more
Welcome to King & Spalding's economic development news bulletin, Investing in Georgia. In this edition, you will find: - A report on the volume of private activity bond issuances in the United States generally and in...more
Firm client Tucker Development was awarded more than $38M in subsidies in the form of bond financing and tax breaks by the Economic Development Authority to fund its mixed use development project on Springfield Avenue in...more
In This Presentation: - A.Economic Development: 1.Film 2.Port 3.Abandoned Buildings 4.Angel Investors 5.Nascar/Darlington Speedway 6.Unemployment Insurance - B.Practice and Procedure: ...more