NYU Workers Say Judge Conflicted Out of Retirement Plan Suit

New York University workers told the Second Circuit that they’re entitled to a new trial in their case over the school’s retirement plans because the presiding judge’s ties to the school disqualified her from hearing the case.

The workers filed a lengthy appellate brief disputing many aspects of how their case was handled by former Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The workers, in addition to challenging Forrest’s legal analysis in her 2018 ruling in favor of NYU, argued that a conflict of interest disqualified Forrest from hearing the case. ...