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 [...]

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, [...]