Law and legal issues

The state's highest court unanimously ruled that a law Gov. Phil Murphy spearheaded to authorize up to $9.9 billion of bonds is constitutional.

Without giving a reason, Florida’s bond-funded passenger rail developer severed ties with Virgin and said the train system’s name will revert to Brightline.

Under a court-approved consent decree, the impoverished south Chicago suburb will keep 90% of pledged tax revenues as it works on a debt restructuring.

Moody's Investors Service says the appellate court decision could impede the state government's flexibility in dealing with coronavirus-driven budget woes.

The California Supreme Court ruled July 25 in a pension spiking case with ramifications for the state's ironclad pension legal doctrine.

Without commenting on the legal merits laid out so far in the case, an appellate court panel concluded the lawsuit met the threshold to proceed as a taxpayer action.

In a special session that starts Monday, the Tennessee General Assembly will decide whether to offer limited liability protection from coronavirus claims from employees.

The Florida Department of Transportation continues litigation in an attempt to terminate the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

UMB's appeal of a lower court decision siding with Platte County over its legal obligation to honor an appropriation pledge is being heard Wednesday

Florida and Georgia have spent tens of millions of dollars in litigation over water rights in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The California Supreme Court upheld the state's 2013 pension reform, but said its ruling is not a reexamination of the "California Rule" on public pensions.

Jacksonville-owned JEA and Georgia-based MEAG agreed to settle litigation over JEA's agreement to buy power from reactors under construction in Georgia.

Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.

South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper must pay $200 million to ratepayers and impose a four-year rate freeze to end a suit over a failed nuclear reactor project.

“I absolutely do intend on refilling my complaint,” Andrew Hennigan told The Bond Buyer.

The legal tussle between the Dallas-based private lender and the Chicago-based investment powerhouse continues with defamation and antitrust claims pending in separate courts.

Te legislation, headed for Gov. Tom Wolf's desk, is a response to a court ruling that Scranton exceeded limits under state law from 2015 to 2017.

Tribal leaders, after a landmark win at the Supreme Court, decided not to rush into a deal with the state to seek jurisdictional clarity from Congress.

VRDO reset rates in California consistently were too high to be justified, a new filing contends.

The bond-financed Chicago-area hotel and conference center remains shuttered as a result of the coronavirus health crisis.