ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, August 28, 1996 TAG: 9608280019
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
Real estate plan open for comment
The Virginia State Bar has published a proposed rule that would define a real estate closing as the practice of law. If approved, the rule would mean only licensed lawyers could conduct a closing.
The draft opinion by the bar's committee on the unauthorized practice of law is being circulated for public comment until Sept. 23. If approved by the Council of the Virginia State Bar, its ruling body, and the Virginia Supreme Court, it would become law, making moot similar bills pending from this year's General Assembly that are being studied by a legislative subcommittee.
-Staff report
Briefly ...
Twenty-seven employers with openings in retail, manufacturing, health care, nursing, warehousing, government, hotel and restaurants will seek employees at a job fair today from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Roanoke office of the Virginia Employment Commission, 5060 Valley View Blvd. Call 561-7474 for details.
Heilig-Meyers Co., Richmond-based home furnishings retailer, said Tuesday it will buy assets of 20 stores of McMahan's Furniture Co. of Santa Monica, Calif. The deal is scheduled to close in mid-September.
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