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
A bond issue (a debt obligation of a local government) is often perceived as a mystery for many Pennsylvania local government officials and solicitors. The securities and tax regulations governing municipal bonds have grown...more
On September 26-28 the National Association of Bond Lawyers held an annual gathering called the Bond Attorneys' Workshop, which consisted of a series of subject-specific meetings discussing topics in municipal finance. Most...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Jan. 10, 2017, that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority) agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay a $400,000 penalty in connection with...more
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
Two recent SEC enforcement actions demonstrate that the Securities and Exchange Commission remains intently focused on the municipal market and, in particular, on officials participating in financings that fail to accurately...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) recently launched its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative (the MCDC Initiative). Obligated persons (including issuers and conduit borrowers) and...more
You know how every few years libraries will offer an amnesty program and give delinquent borrowers a chance to bring in their old books without prohibitive late fines? The SEC is sort of trying out that approach with its new...more
For the first time, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a municipal bond issuer with securities fraud for falsely claiming that it was compliant with annual disclosure obligations....more