The oldest and longest-serving federal judge in the country is retiring from the bench in Brooklyn. Judge Jack Weinstein, 98, has been called the original activist jurist, a judge more concerned about ...

It’s Grimm news for Governor Andrew Cuomo, as a Brooklyn-based federal judge has ordered the lagging pol to set a date for a special election to replace former Congressmember Michael Grimm, who ...

In a hearing Monday, Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein directed counsel for an illegal immigrant with AIDS and cancer to produce experts who can explain the kind of medicines available in Honduras ...

A federal appeals court in New York has reinstated the gambling conviction of a man who operated an underground poker club. The decision overruled Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein’s decision to ...