Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
The district judge declined her jurisdictional prerogatives, saying that the case was too serious to be settled in a magistrates’ court and must be heard by a Crown Court, which deals with the most severe criminal offenses.
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