Saturday, November 14, 2015

Puerto Rico Tells High Court Debt Appeal Still Urgent

Puerto Rico has said the U.S. Supreme Court should consider an appeal seeking to revive legislation designed to allow the territory’s utilities to restructure $20 billion in debt, saying review is necessary even while legislation is pending in Congress because the crisis is "so acute."

The territory filed a reply brief on Nov. 9 responding to criticisms from the investment firms that successfully lobbied a district court and the First Circuit to invalidate Puerto Rico’s so-called Recovery Act, which would have established a restructuring regime for...

By Carmen Germaine

Puerto Rico Tells High Court Debt Appeal Still Urgent

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