wards. LEGAL STANDARD Courts necessarily have the inherent equitable power "to prevent abuses, oppression and injustices." Fayemi v. Hambrecht and Quist, Inc., 174 F.R.D. 319 (1997) (citing Gumbel v. Pitkin, 124 U.S. 131, 144 (1888); see also International Products Corp. v. Koons, 325 F.2d 403, 407-08 (2d