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Christine has significant experience serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter�s counsel on financings, including general obligation bonds and revenue bonds for transportation, water, sewer, power and tax increment projects. Her practice focuses on public finance transactions for state agencies, counties, cities, urban renewal agencies, school and special districts, and tribal governments. Her experience also includes conduit 501(c)(3) financings, full faith and credit or limited tax obligations, private bank placements, and shortterm obligations, including notes and lines of credit.

Robert Feyer is a Senior Counsel in the Public Finance Department of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP�s San Francisco office, with more than 37 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters of municipal bonds.� For most of this time Mr. Feyer has been the senior bond and disclosure counsel for the State of California, the largest issuer of municipal debt in the U.S.� Mr. Feyer is a frequent panelist on municipal finance and disclosure matters, including the Bond Buyer�s recent Webinar on the SEC Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative.� Mr. Feyer is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (Securities Law Committee) and the American College of Bond Counsel.

Beth Stackpole is an independent business and technology writer.

Direct primary care may be employers’ and brokers’ next hottest offering as the model has the potential to revolutionize the relationship between patient and physician.

Workers are stressed but firms can have trouble knowing what wellness programs to offer.

Costly wage and hour lawsuits happen because companies don’t classify workers correctly. Here’s how to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Costly wage and hour lawsuits happen because companies don’t classify workers correctly. Here’s how to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Ashley Folkes is a CFP and the senior vice president of investments with the wealth management firm Moors & Cabot in Phoenix.

The cap on state and local tax deduction under the tax law may prompt more employees to direct their retirement savings to their 401(k)s than to build home equity.

Many benefits managers don’t get specific details about wellness biometric testing — leading to suboptimal results in the program.