The high-frequency trading exploits depicted in Michael Lewis’ 2014 bestseller “Flash Boys” were keeping at least three Manhattan judges busy this week.

In the case of Sergey Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs programmer charged with stealing the bank’s proprietary high-speed trading code, a bit of tragicomedy involving two jurors came close to scuttling a do-over criminal trial in state court on Wednesday. The affair—which ended with deliberations moving forward sans the two jurors—included allegations of poison and a missing avocado, among other oddities.

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