[citation needed] Swain was a United States bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of New York from November 1, 1996, to July 11, 2000.
[6] On May 5, 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Judge Swain to oversee the debt restructuring case in the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis.
[12] As a result of comments made by Mr. Seinfeld about the authorship dispute on the Late Show with David Letterman, Lapine included a cause of action for defamation to her suit.
[13][14] The court granted an emergency temporary restraining order preventing the older sister from further distribution of the pre-publication manuscript.
[15][16] The case reached closure in early 2009 when Swain entered a consent order stating, "The Defendant has announced to the Court that she is not a co-author of Hedge Fund Wives and has no authorship or co-authorship rights to the work.