Law and legal issues

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has until Feb. 5, 2023, to resolve lawsuits and get court validation.

Property owners want to halt approval of bonds for the Oklahoma Turnpike extensions.

Public finance attorney and NABL board member Johnny Hutchinson has left Squire Patton Boggs to join Nixon Peabody as a partner.

Park View School Inc., a charter school operator in Prescott Valley, has filed for bankruptcy following years of financial mismanagement and a lawsuit from the SEC.

The firm’s project finance & public finance practice comprises more than 50 attorneys and professional colleagues and is looking to add.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is seeking approval from a state oversight council for bonds to begin funding an expansion project that faces two lawsuits.

Following the Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin, states with bans on using bond proceeds for religious purposes may be forced to amend such laws.

Justices said criminal indictments against the former governor and other officials didn't pass legal muster. The attorney general's solicitor general says the case is not over.

The federal lawsuit brought by Philadelphia, San Diego and Baltimore on behalf of thousands of issuers is similar to a series of closely watched state whistleblower cases that claim banks manipulated interest rates on variable-rate bonds.

A Delaware Superior Court judge found PHC failed to show it suffered reputational loss from Nuveen's alleged defamation to go to trial. PHC will appeal.

The Kenmore-Tonawanda school district in Erie County, New York, may piggyback on a planned August note sale.

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday brought small business leaders together to discuss the pitfalls of complying with dozens if not hundreds of local tax regimes.

Talks between original holders and a law firm over potential securities fraud litigation did not pan out, and trustee UMB NA has canceled all the bonds.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority took action on Thursday to head to the state Supreme Court to validate $5 billion of planned bond issuance.

Some observers of Puerto Rico politics are concerned its government continues to avoid fiscal responsibility, ignoring past mistakes that led to the bankruptcy.

The mammoth Sacramento-based health system experienced ratings downgrades in 2021 under the threat of multiple lawsuits, seismic costs and COVID-19 challenges.

An Illinois judge upheld the constitutionality of the state's consolidation of downstate public safety pension funds; an appeal is expected.

A nonprofit Texas-based retirement community operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday to deal with its troubled debt and sell its assets.

The temporary injunction halts all work on Pennsylvania's $2.2 billion Major Bridges program.

The office of Rob Bonta filed its objection to the dismissal with a California appellate court in San Francisco May 19.