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A Russian national with alleged ties to Moscow’s intelligence services has been ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation ...
The judicial appointment of an outside authority to temporarily run Rikers Island offers a rare opportunity to transform one of the nation’s most troubled jails. But durable reform depends ultimately ...
Russian woman with alleged intelligence ties faces psychological evaluation after prosecutors say she harassed FBI agents ...
Kevin Barnes adequately alleged that he formed a partnership to help Muddy Waters and Carson Block investigate potential fraud at a Chinese advertising company, Focus Media Holding Co., Chief Judge ...
“Remediation manager” sounds more like a third-rank bureaucrat or elementary school reading specialist than a revolutionary figure. But Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s order ...
New York’s notorious Rikers Island will soon be overseen by an outside monitor—now the question is who’ll take the job. Judge Laura Taylor Swain on Tuesday said she’d appoint a “remediation manager” ...
Judge Laura Taylor Swain announced that an independent authority would be appointed to reform the troubled facility, following a decade of deteriorating circumstances. In detailing her decision, Swain ...
In a 77-page ruling, Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that she found the conduct of the city over the last nine years "leaves no doubt that continued insistence on compliance with the court's orders ...
Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain said in Tuesday’s ruling that she would appoint a remediation manager to address widespread abuses, including physical and sexual violence, severe psychological ...