http://www.foster.com/rss/FP_News.aspxThe latest headlines and articles from Foster Pepper PLLC.(c) 2007, Foster Pepper PLLC. All rights reserved.5Mon, 12 May 2008 08:24:16 GMThttp://www.foster.com/img/rss_logo.jpghttp://www.foster.comFoster Pepper PLLCMay 8, 2008 - On February 7, 2008, Foster Pepper distributed a News Alert on the topic of Bond Insurer ratings. (Click here to view the previous News Alert.) Since that time, Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings have downgraded or withdrawn their ratings of several municipal bond insurers. This could require action by state and local governments, bond issuers and...http://www.foster.com/newsdetail.aspx?newsType=1&newsID=326Wed, 07 May 2008 18:10:29 GMTMay 1, 2008 - This week Foster Pepper teamed up with the University of Washington School of Law to conduct a series of legal seminars for attorneys of the Navajo Nation and law students in the University’s Tribal Defense Clinic. The three-day program provided instruction on litigation skills, the Navajo judicial system, the study of traditional and codified Tribal law, and featured...http://www.foster.com/newsdetail.aspx?newsType=1&newsID=325Thu, 01 May 2008 18:19:02 GMTApril 25, 2008 - In 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) sent a “Compliance Check Questionnaire” to over 200 nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations to determine whether those organizations have in place written policies and procedures for ensuring that federal tax requirements applicable to their tax-exempt bonds are met. In a speech on April 1, 2008, the IRS Commissioner for Tax Exempt and...http://www.foster.com/newsdetail.aspx?newsType=1&newsID=324Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:13:08 GMTSeattle – April 18, 2008 – Foster Pepper PLLC is pleased to announce that Deborah Crabbe, Member in the firm’s Creditor’s Rights and Bankruptcy group, has been appointed co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Business Reorganization Committee. With more than 11,500 members, the American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to...http://www.foster.com/newsdetail.aspx?newsType=2&newsID=323Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:28:12 GMTSeattle – April 14, 2008 – Foster Pepper PLLC has been listed by Thomson Financial as 1st in the nation for “U.S. Municipal New Issues – Bond Counsel Competitive”, with $938 million in the first quarter of 2008. Rankings and volume totals include all long-term municipal new issues underwritten during the first quarter of 2008, and do not include short-term, preliminary, private placement or rank...http://www.foster.com/newsdetail.aspx?newsType=2&newsID=322Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:02:59 GMT