Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court case heightens the risks for Georgia, because authorities could be forced to borrow to build alternate water systems.

DTE Electric Co. is seeking a $537 million reduction in its taxable value, possibly threatening the county's credit rating.

Malachi Financial Products Inc. and its principal were charged with violating their fiduciary duty to a city in Mississippi, overcharging the city, and failing to disclose payments received from the underwriter.

The opinion said Florida met its initial burden in proving that a cap on Georgia’s water withdrawals could be considered further.

State-owned Santee Cooper wants the high court to affirm its authority to set rates and pay off bonds that financed its scrubbed nuclear reactor project.

A judge had previously ruled that the airport should void a retail contract, putting its revenues at risk.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts is concerned that a district court ruling on Puerto Rico highway bonds could be a landmark change for the worse when it comes to how investors view revenue bonds.

The amicus briefs ask the state's high court to weaken a rule that is believed to make future benefit reductions impossible.

The California Supreme Court could upend legal assumptions about public employee pensions.

San Diego’s favorable appeals court ruling comes as rising pension costs pressure the city’s budget.