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Josh Russell
Josh Russell is a politics and culture reporter, who has covered the so-called "Sovereign District of New York" federal court daily beat for Courthouse News since Nov. 2015. A native of Washington, DC, he is based in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, following a decade in Richmond, Virginia.
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US drops case against Turkish bank charged with laundering billions to Iran
Federal prosecutors agreed to entirely drop money laundering and sanctions charges against Halkbank largely due to Turkey's assistance in brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.
Second Circuit takes another shot at NBA data tracking class action
The NBA argues the federal appeals court is bound by circuit precedent to carve out this type of Meta Pixel data disclosure case from civil claims under the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act.
Second Circuit denies Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to overturn FTX crypto fraud conviction
The convicted FTX founder has already filed an application for a presidential pardon, according to Department of Justice records.
Blake Lively seeks punitive damages from Justin Baldoni under California #MeToo statute
Lively asked the federal judge overseeing her settled civil case against Baldoni to apply a novel California state defamation protection for claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
New York, New Jersey announce probe into FIFA’s World Cup ticketing practices
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport called ticket sales for this year’s World Cup tournament a "gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity and impossibly high prices."
Boxer Floyd Mayweather accuses ex-manager of $175 million swindle
The champion boxer accuses his former investment manager of duping him out of tens of millions of dollars at a time in a series of unauthorized transactions.
New York top appeals court finds alternative short-term foster care program ‘impermissible’
A group of child care advocates challenged the alternative foster care program as a “shadow” system deficient in judicial involvement and oversight.
Feds ask Second Circuit to reinstate racial hatred factor in Buffalo mass shooter’s trial
Already serving life in prison on state murder and terrorism charges for the 2022 Tops supermarket massacre, white supremacist Payton Gendron faces a death penalty-eligible trial later this year on federal hate crimes and weapons counts.