Law and legal issues

New York Judge Andrew Borrok said a ruling on the summary judgments could come by late April after "a lot of sitting and writing and thinking."

Current and former residents of The Harborside, a 329-unit continuing-care retirement community in Port Washington on Long Island's North Shore, are anticipated to receive an initial $6 million distribution after a sale of the facility for $86 million to Chicago-based private equity firm Focus Healthcare Partners, according to a plan approved by a bankruptcy court.

A federal court has given an outside debtor-in-possession loan "superpriority" over the bondholders' lien.

Lawsuits are mounting against the Trump administration's aggressive actions to cut federal spending.

A recent Texas Supreme Court decision will force the city to increase the amount of property tax revenue allocated to a dedicated drainage and street fund.

San Francisco's commercial real estate struggles, Oakland's looming bankruptcy concerns, and the broader economic headwinds facing the Bay Area take center stage in this episode. Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics and public policy analyst Marc Joffe join senior reporter Keeley Webster to discuss the impact of hybrid work trends, housing shortages, tax policies, and what it will take for these cities to stabilize their financial futures.

Plans to sell a bankrupt municipal bond-financed care facility to a private equity firm threaten to upend care for its frail senior residents.

The high court agreed to review a June Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that found state funding for a Catholic virtual charter school violates the constitution.

The county would hold a special election for a sales tax to provide more funds to build and operate a bond-financed jail project that faces rising costs.

The Goldwater Institute took aim at another Arizona municipality, filing a lawsuit against tax rate hikes approved by the Gilbert Town Council in October.

Lawsuits surrounding everything from unethical sponsorships to the sale of refunding bonds swept across markets last year, creating a municipal battleground.

California and federal officials  reached a $10 million settlement with the owners of a chain of non-profit health clinics and a laboratory in a case involving Medi-Cal and Medicare fraud.

It's the latest mark of distress for proton treatment centers financed with speculative-grade municipal bonds.

Six Texas cities sued the state comptroller over a rule that altered where sales taxes would be collected on certain online purchases.

Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association has until the end of January to file briefs in its case challenging San Jose's pension obligation bond validation.

The challenge to the 2022 approval of bonds for a PACE program could "catastrophically undermine" the finality of all Florida bond validations, the agency said.

Justices appeared open to narrowing the scope of federal environmental impact reviews during oral arguments on a bond-financed Utah railway to move crude oil.

The county commission, which sued Oklahoma City in June over its denial of permit for the jail site, is pursuing a possible settlement.

The continued delay in resolving the case raises constitutional concerns, a bondholder attorney said.

Pressing issues include market reactions to a second Trump administration, increased oversight from the Securities and Exchange Commission and more.