Matthew Armstrong

1 month ago | portableplants.com | Marie Emerick |Matthew Armstrong

As operations prepare for spring start-up, it's a great time to reevaluate maintenance and training procedures to ensure optimum plant efficiency and product quality. Because, when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter how much material is produced in a day if it's not meeting spec. Though screen media is a minor cost compared to larger equipment in a quarry or mine, it is a crucial part of any operation's profit machine.

Oct 17, 2024 | latimes.com | Matthew Armstrong

Fellow teachers at Newport Harbor High School join English teacher Matthew Armstrong in asking voters to avoid candidates for Newport-Mesa Unified who want to bring divisive national issues to the local table. In 2014, a student’s father contacted me with a concern about “In Cold Blood,” a book in the Newport Harbor AP Language curriculum.

Dec 7, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Armstrong |Matthew Fischer |Bill Lee

The SEC released the final Securities Act Rule 192 relating to conflicts of interest in asset-backed securities transactions on November 27, 2023. In this OnPoint, we summarize the provisions of the final Rule 192 and important commentary provided by the SEC in the adopting release, and we highlight key changes from the initial proposal. Please see full Alert below for more information. Please see full publication below for more information.  Download PDF

Nov 3, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Armstrong |Christopher Duerden |Matthew Fischer

On October 30, 2023, after continued pressure from legislators and industry participants—and a recent lawsuit—the SEC issued an order providing relief for fixed-income securities sold pursuant to Rule 144A from the public disclosure requirements of Rule 15c2-11.

Feb 8, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Armstrong |Matthew Fischer |K. Susan Grafton

After a decade of regulatory inaction on the matter, the SEC recently re-proposed regulations implementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s prohibition on material conflicts of interest in securitization transactions.