Puerto Rico Employees Retirement System

The unsecured creditors say that the deal treats the island’s government authorities in Title III bankruptcy unfairly.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain sided with the retired employees, saying the bondholders' security interest was not properly perfected.

A judge's ruling on whether the U.S. government is responsible for covering Oversight Board-imposed bond losses may come in the winter.

A hurdle has been passed for a judge to issue a ruling on the federal government's responsibility for making investors whole on impaired Puerto Rico bonds.

Key parties say the Oversight Board must certify a fiscal plan with more revenue before they will approve the agreement.

Members of Congress and market observers were divided over the ramifications of Friday's court opinion that the U.S. is liable for debt cuts mandated by the Oversight Board.

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Chief Judge Susan Braden carved a legal path for holding the federal government liable for cuts to Puerto Rico bonds.

Oversight Board members blamed the reduction in available revenue in part on local government's failure to introduce at-will employment.

The territorial government's resistance to the labor law may prompt Oversight Board to approve its own version of the budget due this month.

A brief period of peace between the Oversight Board and the governor may soon end.

The proposed settlement may determine how much money is available for the biggest class of bondholders in Puerto Rico's municipal bankruptcy.

Magistrate Judge Judith Dein said she'd take up the investigation issue at a June 18 hearing.

The bankuptcy court will hear a motion Wednesday to allow the probe, which could undercut billions of dollars in bondholder claims.

The disagreement over at-will employment is the latest episode on a struggle over policy measures intended to pull the territory out of recession and help in payment of its debt.

Investors, already frustrated with the lack of progress since PROMESA was passed, face at least another two years before most debt payments will resume.

Judge said that the relevant issues include federal as well as local law.

The Oversight Board's executive director said the budget's future is linked to government introduction of at-will employment law.

Magistrate Judge Judith Dein's decision may help creditors in their battle over the territory's fiscal plan and debt payments.

The board gave up on plan to reduce paid vacation and sick time and eliminate Christmas bonuses, but gained a promise of island-wide at-will employment.

The decline in the unemployment rate is mostly due to emigration, a challenge as the territory restructures its debt.