Law and legal issues

Former Miami budget director Michael Boudreaux plans to ask a federal district court by Jan. 3 to vacate a jury’s verdict that he was guilty of securities fraud, according to his lawyer.

Dallas saw its Moody's Investors Service rating fall one notch to A1 as it grapples with a crisis in its public safety pension fund.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing allegations that a Compton, Calif. deputy treasurer stole money from the city.

Debt-ridden Dowling College has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with two of its Long Island properties now on the market in an effort to aide bondholders.

After more than four years, San Bernardino has a clear path to exit its Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Federal civil rights investigation will delay Colorado’s proposed $1.7 billion P3 highway expansion project.

State and federal judges in Wisconsin approved final settlement agreements with Stifel and Royal Bank of Canada to conclude an eight-year effort by five school districts to recoup $200 million lost on a risky investment product.

The College of New Rochelle in New York's Westchester County is raising funds to keep its doors open in the face of mounting debt.

U.S. Bank N.A., the trustee for Oconee Regional Medical Center, notified bondholders Tuesday that the Georgia hospital defaulted on its Dec. 1 principal bond payment. It is the second default this year.

A bankruptcy judge will hear from last major holdout in the San Bernardino, Calif. bankruptcy case.

David Carrington, who was president of the commission that placed Jefferson County, Ala., into Chapter 9, said his experience presents an opportunity for him to consider running for governor.

The SEC, in a court filing on Tuesday, said former Miami budget director Michael Boudreaux's arguments against penalties the SEC wants to impose on him for securities fraud show a lack of responsibility and respect for the jury verdict that found him guilty.

A proposed new arena is closer to reality after another courtroom win on Tuesday.

All Aboard Florida moved a step closer to financing the first phase of its private passenger train project when the U.S. Department of Transportation approved AAF’s new application for $600 million of tax-exempt private activity bonds. PAB financing for the project’s second phase remains uncertain.

A request for state Supreme Court validation on $420 million of toll revenue bonds has sidelined the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority deal as rates rose in post-election investor uncertainty.

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a landmark pension decision that analysts and reformers had hailed as a positive for the state and local governments.

Federal judge continues to block Maryland’s $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 rail project over ridership worries.

At the request of Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy attorneys, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals set what appears to be a firm date to hear oral arguments on Dec. 16 in Atlanta.

Miami city commissioners will be asked Thursday to approve their first bond issue since a federal jury found the city guilty of violating securities fraud charges and paying a record $1 million settlement.

The judge hearing all the debt lawsuits in Puerto Rico’s federal court ordered continued stays in four cases.