A federal judge recently ordered the release of three of the “Newburgh Four,” who were arrested in 2009 in a fictitious plot to destroy military planes and New York synagogues.

Three men convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting have been ordered freed from prison.

It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating editors and agents to pull off hundreds of literary heists.

A judge has kept lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own it on hold until Feb. 1 but ordered the parties to negotiate a new settlement.

A federal judge’s decision to reject a multibillion dollar opioid settlement involving OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is being hailed as a step toward justice by advocates who have long called for greater accountability for the family that owns the company.

A federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s sweeping deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids.

Lawyers for a handful of states say members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are abusing the bankruptcy process.

Castel, who presided over the first two pandemic-era jury trials in the fall, said COVID-19 protocols have become routine. AdThat’s important because some of the nation’s oldest judges are among the 70 or so who sit in the two courthouses. AdOnly nine jury trials were conducted in the fall, but there have been seven since mid-February, including four underway this week. At the Manhattan courthouses, some jurors are rescheduled if they don’t want to attend a trial in person. You forget to sanitize your hands.”AdU.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who presided over the first two pandemic-era jury trials in the fall, said protocols do become routine, eventually.