RICHMOND, VA. – Former investment broker Nathan Chapman Jr. has lost a bid to overturn his conviction for defrauding the Maryland pension system. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Chapman’s argument that his lawyer should have accepted a judge’s offer of a mistrial. Chapman claimed his right to effective counsel was violated when his lawyer ignored his wish to …

RICHMOND, VA. – Former investment broker Nathan Chapman Jr. has lost a bid to overturn his conviction for defrauding the Maryland pension system. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Chapman’s argument that his lawyer should have accepted a judge’s offer of a mistrial. Chapman claimed his right to effective counsel was violated when his lawyer ignored his wish to …

I recently ran a letter from a reader whose real-estate broker and mortgage lender were friends. The mortgage lender disclosed personal financial information to her friend, the real-estate broker — even going as far as to tell her that her clients were not approved for the loan before calling the borrowers. The borrowers were aghast, as they had specifically told the mortgage broker not to …