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The inclusion of swaps has the potential to increase claimed damages in the New York State lawsuit, though banks view swap materials as providing a potential defense.

Chicago put its message on fiscal progress directly to bondholders at the annual investors conference last week.

Borrower Jasper Pellets and trustee US Bank have been locked in a legal battle after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 27.

Brokers should be aware that inaccurate tax reporting could force its brokerage clients to seek damages and could force dealers to make their clients sign a liability waiver, as the recent muni case Richard Goodman v. UBS Financial Services highlights.

Fitch is bulking up its public finance group with the addition of six municipal bond analysts for its offices in San Francisco, New York and Austin.

It was a busy day in the primary Tuesday, with New York City pricing $950 million of GOs for retail and Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, selling in the competitive market.

The finance team on the Western Placer Waste Management Authority deal hopes to benefit from an improving market with increased inflows.

The city takes competitive bids Wednesday on $124 million of GOs.

The respected muni tax expert died unexpectedly Aug. 14.

Ramirez & Co. and Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC — two Hispanic MWBE firms — are joint bookrunners for the deal, part of Dallas County's sustained push to "maximize professional diversity on the issuance," officials said.