When Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the parties in the Rikers Island litigation to come to a joint agreement on the potential structure and powers of a federal receiver tasked ...

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled on Tuesday that the bondholders weren’t entitled to any recovery from Puerto Rico on their debt bonds, as their claims arose from the “purchase or sale of ...

But Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s order Tuesday kicking off the process to appoint such a manager marks a turning point in the horrific history of the city’s jails because of ...

Once more, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has found the city and the Department of Correction in contempt of court — 18 counts this time around — for a lack of progress in ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain said a “carousel” of jail leaders had failed to stop violence. She ordered lawyers for the city and prisoners to show her what a receivership might look like.

This week, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain held oral arguments in the contempt motion against the city and the Department of Correction for its handling of the Rikers Island complex ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling finding the city in contempt over 18 separate contempt claims.

Laurelton: After reading Correction Officers' Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio's statement heavily contesting Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain's ruling, and suggesting the ...

Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain (S.D.N.Y.) recently transferred an action for patent infringement brought pro se by Rachel Ohana (“Ohana”) against Mars Petcare US, Inc ...

US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate provisions of court orders ...