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Baker McKenzie created a new group to integrate regulation and enforcement in a move to align with the Securities and Exchange Commission's practices.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans a review after pressure from Sens. John Kennedy and Elizabeth Warren to change the makeup of its membership.

In the SEC inquiry, along with a separate FAA investigation, regulators are trying to determine if airport revenues were misspent.

Municipal market participants got some comfort about their fraud liability if they act in good faith on interim financial disclosures.

Issuers will be looking to see what Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton says about disclosure.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a non-public letter to the city of Atlanta last week, prompting a possible investigation into its airport.

Years after the Securities and Exchange Commission enacted a rule to require floating net asset values, finance officers are fighting the legislative malaise to try to undo it.

MSRB Chief Education Officer Ritta McLaughlin will be the fifth senior official to leave the MSRB in the last couple of months.

Though many participants were pleased with changes the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has proposed for its fair dealing guidance, some worried about new compliance expectations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comment on exemptive relief for municipal advisors in some activities in private placement deals, eliciting fierce resistance from broker-dealer groups.