Jack Newsham Reporter
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Jack Newsham is a reporter writing about law and the legal industry. He is based in New York.

Focus Areas

  • Law
  • Legal Industry

221 Articles
almost 3 years
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Cravath just set the going rate for Big Law associate bonuses, and other firms are following. At ...

Big Law associates have been putting in long hours to keep up with a torrent of deal work. Some feel the 2021 bonus s...

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almost 3 years
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A day in the life of a cannabis and psychedelics lawyer who advises hemp cultivators and churches...

The former Big Law lawyer Adriana Kertzer focuses on cannabis law and runs the Instagram @JewWhoTokes. She took Insid...

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almost 3 years
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4 lawyers at places like Gemini, WilmerHale, and DLx Law reveal how they turned crypto into careers

Many young lawyers are passionate about crypto-assets. But turning that passion into a career is hard. These four law...

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almost 3 years
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Lawyers won $375 million for workers at companies like Uber, DoorDash, and Family Dollar. Now, mo...

Contracts banning class actions are everywhere, so law firms are using mass arbitration to represent consumers and wo...

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almost 3 years
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A solar-power company used AI technology to nearly eliminate its billable-hour legal spending. He...

Lawyers billing hourly don't correspond to adding value. The solar-energy firm Sonnedix used a AI tool called Brightf...

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almost 3 years
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No calls after 5 and football is king: What life is like for 4 Big Law attorneys who recently mov...

Big Law is booming in Texas. Check out why these four lawyers chose to move there, and what they found most surprising.

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almost 3 years
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The top US lawyer at Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, just stepped down after only 7...

The most senior lawyer at Binance.US has stepped aside and been replaced on an interim basis by an experienced crypto...

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about 3 years
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One 'Big Plaintiff' law firm made $4 million per lawyer, more than Kirkland or Wachtell. Top law ...

Law students at Harvard and UC Berkeley are interested in careers at plaintiffs' firms, where the pay might start low...

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about 3 years
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Southern law firms are under pressure to boost lawyer pay. We crunched the numbers, and there are...

Insider analyzed junior-lawyer pay at 62 law firms with offices in the South. Here are the biggest salary gaps we found.

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about 3 years
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Venable's Los Angeles office has lost at least 17 more lawyers since Willkie opened up shop in th...

A stream of lawyers have followed three rainmakers from Venable to Willkie's new office in Los Angeles. Check out the...

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about 3 years
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Elite law firm Willkie is opening an LA office and has poached at least 3 rainmakers who've repre...

Three Venable partners who bring an estimated $20 million into the firm are jumping ship, launching Willkie Farr & Ga...

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about 3 years
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Inside the Big Law labor shortage, where firms are turning away clients and partners are taking o...

Big law firms are experiencing a lawyer shortage, and it's transforming how they do work — even as they bump up pay a...

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