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The Roosevelt Institute rolled out a new report on munis revealing the latest trends in public finance along with critiques and recommendations for alternative ways to fund infrastructure.

The county agreed to pay an additional $828 million to victims of childhood sexual abuse who sued under a 2019 state law that raised the statute of limitations for such cases.

"Going forward, the staff will provide the other side with at least four weeks to make Wells submissions," SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said in a recent speech.

R. Wade Norris has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Dinsmore & Shoal as a partner to shore up operations in the firm's work in multifamily finance and public private partnerships.

The financing challenges facing both Brightline projects have translated into falling bond prices.

Investors sued after the fund's sudden June selloff.

"It is a big problem across the board with all types of deal participants perhaps venturing into unregistered MA activity," said Susan Gaffney.

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association appealed to California's high court in a case challenging San Jose's plans to issue pension obligation bonds.

Bondholders say the insurers reneged on the bond insurance terms, which both firms deny in filings for the case, filed six years after the COFINA restucturing.

Bond attorneys are skeptical that new hires at the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service will help the municipal bond community as two men now occupy four key positions.

A state appeals court found that a simple majority approval by voters was sufficient on a 2020 hotel bed tax measure that reached the ballot via initiative.

Stradling clients "were fortunate to receive proactive contact from SEC staff to reschedule imminent matters leading up to the shutdown," said Kathleen Marcus, a partner at Stradling.

The Department of Transportation is offering its Consolidated Transportation Bonds in a competitive sale Wednesday to what promises to be a receptive market.

The three Puerto Rico Oversight Board members can resume their positions immidiately, District Court Judge Maria Antongiorgi-Jordan ruled.

Interactive Brokers said it "promptly addressed the issue that gave rise to the settlement."

Public finance attorney James Woodward will lead the firm's new Athens office.

The county will tap reserves and eliminate vacant positions to meet budget challenges driven by billions of dollars of child sexual abuse settlements.

The board also said it plans to return more than $23 million in surplus operating reserves to the municipal bond industry.

SIFMA looks forward to "the SEC approving this rate card, and the resulting fee reductions," Leslie Norwood said.

Four hired as counsel and seven other staff members are bulking up the team's D.C. and New York offices.