Law and legal issues

The unrated 40-year bond issue was marketed to sophisticated institutional buyers familiar with the legal dispute between MEAG and Florida's JEA.

The college is heading into the market as it remains the center of a libel lawsuit that may cost it more than $25 million in punitive damages.

The suit is "a policy paper masquerading as a complaint," the state says, but it may still push up Illinois' borrowing costs while it is active.

The ruling on tax assessments orders Philadelphia to repay $48 million, with $34 million coming from the school district.

The Louisiana State Bond Commission unlawfully banned two banks from underwriting bond deals because of their corporate gun policies, the lawsuit said.

The goal of the 2018 Chapter 11 restructuring was to establish a capital structure supported by project revenues.

A judge ruled the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority can still write checks even though it was abolished in a bill signed July 3 by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The court ruled against an interlocutory appeal by JPMorgan and other defendants accused of collusion in pricing variable rate demand obligations.

The case's primary claim of anti-trust violations is potentially headed to trial later this month.

The evolution of the lawsuit has opened wide the window into high-yield stakes in the municipal industry and laid bare the relationships between broker-dealers and Nuveen.

The unnamed governmental entity is seeking recordings that are the subject of recently unsealed transcripts in Preston Hollow Capital’s defamation and antitrust lawsuit against Nuveen. Meanwhile, additional transcripts between Nuveen and Morgan Stanley/Goldman Sachs are now public.

Mark Bonsall will take over the troubled South Carolina-owned utility and lead its restructuring and reform team.

A simple majority was enough to pass the two tax measures, a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled.

A bailout of FirstEnergy Solutions Ohio nuclear plans would enhance what can be paid to bondholders under the company's Chapter 11 reorganization.

After Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority debt.

While the best case scenario is a court dismissal, analysts think the state would support bondholders should the case goes against them.

The governor approved a law authorizing the state to issue bonds to finance transportation projects backed by Deepwater Horizon settlement revenue.

The Supreme Court will rule on both the legality of the board members' appointments and the validity of their rulings since appointment.

The recorded conversations document Nuveen's efforts to choke off Preston Hollow's access to capital and block what it considered predatory lending practices.

The state is taking qualifications from firms interested in building three facilities to house male inmates.