Bard College President Leon Botstein is retiring from the institution he led for half a century after revelations about his well-documented relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light.

Benjamin Moore & Co. convinced a federal judge in New Jersey to reverse his decision to let an ex-licensee’s trade secrets counterclaims proceed, and to award the paint company $4.2 million in damages.

Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc. and Canaccord Genuity LLC are seeking to settle claims the brokerage firm placed false stock sale orders to depress Northwest’s stock price, according to a federal court filing.

Cornell University is in the middle of two lawsuits over its decision to terminate a 65-year lease for property on Roosevelt Island that in 2021 became the site of the island’s first hotel, now known as the Graduate by Hilton.

The Archdiocese of New York announced an $800 million settlement to resolve about 1,300 child sex abuse lawsuits and avoid bankruptcy.

President Donald Trump’s administration is continuing its push to end New York City’s congestion pricing program by appealing a decision by a federal judge that allowed the tolling plan to proceed.