In this Saturday's New York Times, writer Joe Nocera (Pulitzer prize finalist) writes about standing in line on Thursday, March 12 to see Bernie Madoff plead guilty... speaking with victims of Madoff's chicanery. In Nocera's unscientific survey of victims, he found that many of them want "justice" - in the form of government assistance (e.g. tax
Last Friday's (January 30) New York Times front page included an article about legal fees: "Billable Hours Giving Ground at Law Firms." This article raised the question whether clients were being treated fairly when the measure of a legal fee is the attorney's time expended. An obvious concern is whether an attorney compensated solely on the
San Francisco Chronicle (09-23) 18:55 PDT -- Uncle Sam will own most of the troubled mortgages in America if the $700 billion bailout package goes through. What will this mean to the folks who bought those houses and are behind on their payments? (more...)
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