Law and legal issues

The suit challenges the State Bond Commission's policy of excluding bond underwriters with policies that limit their lending to some gun makers and sellers.

New York’s Suffolk County Off-Track Betting Corp. is suing the operator of a video lottery terminal parlor opened to support its Chapter 9 restructuring.

The Florida Department of Transportation’s new legal challenges may determine the fate of the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

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

The Berkeley County School District and its former financial advisors and bond counsel said settlement talks were unsuccessful.

As a decision looms on Preston Hollow's antitrust accusations against Nuveen, the case's judge approved moving a dismissed claim to another court.

Also revealed is the addition of longtime NABL member Perry Israel to the Edelweiss Fund legal team.

The Florida Department of Transportation filed motions with an appellate court challenging the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s lower-court wins.

Judge John Cooper’s decision could set the stage for an appeal in the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s litigation.

The legal teams for Baltimore and Philadelphia asked the court to reject the banks’ plausibility argument as well as their claim that the suit is barred by a four-year statute of limitations.

The judge overseeing Preston Hollow Capital's anti-trust lawsuit against Nuveen could rule any day on the claims.

Attorneys for the State Bond Commission said the lawsuit was filed too late and there was no violation of law.

The shuttered College of New Rochelle filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week while it markets the Westchester County campus in an effort to pay off creditors.

The community development district filed for Chapter 9 in the face of a longstanding unwritten policy of governors refusing to approve such filings.

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The Florida House of Representatives wants another chance to argue that its law eliminating the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is legal.

Public private partnerships for an airport, a commuter rail service, and student housing have gone sour in the Southwest.

The Kentucky Supreme Court’s ruling prevented a quasi-governmental agency that filed for bankruptcy from leaving the state pension system.

Moody's shifted its rating outlook to negative from stable on the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese.

Chicago says its met its obligations under the state pension code; all four of its pension funds have filed shortfall claims with the state.