Know Your Judge: William G. Young

This week in Know Your Judge, we feature William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Young joined the bench in 1985 after he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Between 1999 and 2005, Young served as chief judge. He’s an adjunct professor at Boston University School of Law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit earlier this week reversed a ruling where Young held that Putnam Investments LLC didn’t violate federal benefits law by putting affiliated mutual funds that allegedly carried excessive fees in its own retirement plan. The case was ...