Southern District Judge Loretta Preska (See Profile) yesterday declined to recuse herself from presiding over United States v. Hammond, 12 Crim. 185 (LAP), the case against Jeremy Hammond, also known as "Anarchaos," who is charged with hacking into the files of a research company and leaking documents to Wikileaks.
Shortly after a morning hearing at 40 Foley Square, Preska issued an order saying she would remain on the case, thus rejecting the claim of Hammond’s defense lawyers that there was an appearance of partiality because a number of Cahill Gordon & Reindel clients had their emails hacked and the email address of Preska’s husband, Cahill partner Thomas Kavaler, appeared on a website that is part of the case.
