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Securities

Mar. 11, 2011

Claims Against Schwab Dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a case in which investors claimed the Charles Schwab Corp. violated California law by increasing its Total Bond Market Fund's investments in mortgage-backed securities without a shareholder vote.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


For the second time in a week, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh has used the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act to dismiss a case in which plaintiffs claim the Charles Schwab Corp. violated the law when it increased its Total Bond Market Fund's investments in mortgage-backed securities without a shareholder vote. In her ruling, filed late Tuesday, Koh gave the plaintiffs a chance to file an amended...

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