Litigation

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

An appeals court ruled the state won't have to pay $1.2 billion in total damages in a forest management lawsuit.

The suit by local police pension funds slowed the consolidation process that Gov. J.B. Pritzker touted as helping local governments manage rising pension costs.

Nuveen is asking a judge to toss Preston Hollow Capital's defamation claims as a summer trial looms.

The enrollment controversy hasn't affected the nine-campus University of California system's bond ratings.

SIFMA had argued that the SEC's temporary exemption order for municipal advisors was arbitrary and capricious.

School districts that impose COVID-19 related mitigation measures face state lawsuits and can't participate in the Missouri's bond enhancement program.

The defendants believe the charges are lacking on numerous levels while the SEC argued that fee-splitting is a clear and known rule violation.

Democrat-leaning states argue that the $10,000 SALT cap deduction is politically motivated and violates the U.S. Constitution.

The complaint, targeting Louisiana’s complex sales tax collection system, comes after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to simplify local sales and use tax collection.