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What a headache the YieldPlus bond fund has been for Schwab. Last fall it agreed to pay $235 million to investors who claimed they were misled about the fund's subprime mortgage-backed portfolio. And now the company--but not the former execs supposedly at the center of the investigation--is ponying up to resolve similar allegations by regulators.
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Lawyer Not Required to Return Payment For Services, Despite Lack of Agreement
In a case of apparent first impression, a New York judge has ruled that an attorney who failed to obtain a signed retainer agreement is entitled to keep his client's retainer, even though his failure to comply with state laws regarding such agreements precludes him from recovering the remainder of his fees. Judge Arlene P. Bluth wrote that an attorney's failure to comply with the retainer rule "does not entitle the client to a return of legal fees where the services have already been rendered."Ethics Probe Raises Questions About Attorney's Rights
The latest ethics complaint against controversial New York plaintiffs attorney John A. Aretakis is raising questions about a disciplinary body's ability to litigate a slander allegation, and an attorney's right to disseminate publicly a misconduct complaint. Aretakis, who specializes in clergy abuse cases, contends the 3rd Department's Committee on Professional Standards lacks the jurisdiction or capacity to decide a defamation action brought against him by a priest.News Media Mount Amicus Campaign To Preserve Right of Access to Trials
Twenty-two years after he viscerally dissented from the case that established the right of the press and public to attend court proceedings, Chief Justice William Rehnquist may have been handed a chance to undo the Richmond Newspapers doctrine, and it`s a chance that a concerted amicus campaign by media groups wants to stanch.Trending Stories
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