SDNY Halts Jury Trials Over Virus Fears

The federal court in Manhattan, one of the busiest dockets in the U.S., is suspending jury trials at least through next week in response to the coronavirus spread.

Wall Street’s Court: The nation’s main forum for insider-trading and other white-collar criminal cases joins a global slowdown of court systems based on public hearings in the face of an outbreak that dictates the opposite. New York has been hard hit.

Pressure Mounting: Such precautions are certain to put pressure on the U.S. legal system. About 150,000 criminal and civil trials occur each year across state and federal courts, according to ...