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Eric Blythe

Statutory Liens vs. Consensual Liens: Why it Matters and When it may Not

While secured creditors are entitled to special rights in bankruptcy, those rights may differ depending on whether creditors have a statutory or consensual lien on their collateral. This is primarily because section 552(a) of…more

Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 9, Creditors, Debtors, Liens

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Meghan Burke

New Swap Business Conduct and Record-Keeping Regulations Kick in for Municipal Bond Issuers and Borrowers

Beginning May 1, 2013, many new business conduct regulations adopted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) will begin to…more

Borrowers, CFTC, Dodd-Frank, End-Users, ISDA

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Charles Carey

MSRB Addresses Selective Disclosure

On September 13, 2017, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”) published a market advisory on selective disclosure (the “Notice”). The stated purpose of the Notice is to “increase awareness” of selective…more

Material Nonpublic Information, MSRB, Municipal Securities Issuers, Municipal Securities Market, New Guidance

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Anthony DeMaio

Congress Acts to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact

To our friends and clients: Below is an update on legislative efforts by Congress and the White House to address the coronavirus pandemic, prepared by our D.C. colleagues at ML Strategies, who are closely following these…more

Commercial Bankruptcy, Coronavirus/COVID-19, Government Bonds, Public Finance

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Elissa Flynn-Poppey

Health Care Reform by Petition

A series of alternative proposed Initiative Petitions were filed Thursday, August 7, with the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts (the “AGO”) seeking primarily to establish specified limits on operating margins…more

CEOs, Executive Compensation, Healthcare Reform, Hospitals, Medicaid

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Steve Ganis

SEC’s Proposed Broker-Dealer Exemption May Apply to “Finders” for Municipal Securities

Today, the SEC published in the Federal Register a proposed notice of an exemptive order (the “Proposal”) that would, subject to limitations and conditions discussed below, exempt certain individuals seeking to find investors…more

Broker-Dealer, Comment Period, Exemptive Orders, Finders, Investors

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William Kannel

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Assistance Available to Passenger Airlines and Airports

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (the “CARES Act”), a $2+ trillion stimulus package intended to ease the economic and social disruptions facing the…more

Airlines, Aviation Industry, CARES Act, Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Breton Leone-Quick

Current and Former SEC Officials Speak About Enforcement Issues Concerning Municipal Securities

Last week, the National Association of Bond Lawyers held its 13th Annual Tax and Securities Law Institute. Some of the panels included current and former employees of the SEC who spoke on several of the more notable recent…more

Control Person, Enforcement, Enforcement Actions, Municipal Securities Issuers, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Christie Martin

Treasury and IRS Release Final Tax Regulations for LIBOR Replacement Amendments

The lengthy saga of the transition to a post-LIBOR world reached a degree of finality on the tax side with the issuance by the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of long-awaited final regulations (the…more

Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC), Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs), Internal Revenue Code (IRC), IRS, Libor

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Timothy McKeon

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Assistance Available to Passenger Airlines and Airports

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (the “CARES Act”), a $2+ trillion stimulus package intended to ease the economic and social disruptions facing the…more

Airlines, Aviation Industry, CARES Act, Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Matthew Page

Treasury and IRS Release Final Tax Regulations for LIBOR Replacement Amendments

The lengthy saga of the transition to a post-LIBOR world reached a degree of finality on the tax side with the issuance by the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of long-awaited final regulations (the…more

Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC), Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs), Internal Revenue Code (IRC), IRS, Libor

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Gregory Sandomirsky

Health Care Reform by Petition

A series of alternative proposed Initiative Petitions were filed Thursday, August 7, with the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts (the “AGO”) seeking primarily to establish specified limits on operating margins…more

CEOs, Executive Compensation, Healthcare Reform, Hospitals, Medicaid

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Leonard Weiser-Varon

Treasury and IRS Release Final Tax Regulations for LIBOR Replacement Amendments

The lengthy saga of the transition to a post-LIBOR world reached a degree of finality on the tax side with the issuance by the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of long-awaited final regulations (the…more

Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC), Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs), Internal Revenue Code (IRC), IRS, Libor

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