Judge Kaplan has indicated in several rulings that he wants the fee issue resolved before the trial begins.
The fee issue has placed prosecutors in an awkward position.
Not surprisingly, the fee issue has split lawmakers along partisan lines.
Perhaps applicants are realising that the fee issue is not as bad as supposed.
Indeed, Mr. Evensky said he planned to send Congress a statement, signed by at least 200 financial advisers, that slams fund companies on the fee issue.
The fee issue should be settled before any document is signed.
Richard Rifkin, a deputy attorney general, said the state had not yet determined the arguments it would make on appeal on the fee issue.
Sadly, the concentration on the fee issue has actually reduced financial aid and thus real support to poor students.
Actually, the fee issue is not so cut and dried.
The fee issue arose in June when the judge directed the Government to lift its freeze on $6 million in foreign bank accounts owned by the general.