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
over 3 years
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TikTok, LinkedIn, and retail apps are inaccessible to many blind users, and courts aren't fixing ...

Shopping, food, and healthcare moved online during the pandemic, creating challenges for blind people. Courts are div...

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US law firms are so hungry for talent they're poaching young Canadian lawyers, who are getting 30...

The number of Canadian lawyers moving to jobs at US law firms is poised to double this year. Crossing the border is e...

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over 3 years
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Tulsa massacre survivors aim to get reparations by using a legal tactic that's been successfully ...

Survivors of the Tulsa race massacre say that its effects are a "public nuisance" in a case for reparations from the ...

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over 3 years
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New documents show how an investment fund lost millions backing a litigation finance firm that pr...

An investor who lent about $60 million to iPEL, a litigation finance firm focused on bringing patent cases in China, ...

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over 3 years
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Interview: Judge Jed Rakoff on guilty pleas, corporate accountability, and legal reform

Insider's full interview with Jed Rakoff, a federal judge who has called for systemic reforms of the criminal and civ...

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over 3 years
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A federal judge who has criticized the SEC for lenient deals with Citi and Bank of America maps o...

Judge Jed Rakoff has spent decades criticizing harsh sentencing laws and corporate greed. He spoke about his new book...

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over 3 years
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Mega law firm Dentons wants to build a top-flight consulting business, and it just inked a deal t...

Dentons is turning to private-equity cash to help grow a new consulting company, starting with acquiring the Albright...

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over 3 years
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A woman is suing former Apollo CEO Leon Black, saying he raped her, paid her $1 million, and fals...

Guzel Ganieva says the billionaire Leon Black sexually abused her for years and falsely accused her of extortion.

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over 3 years
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Meet the power players of the booming litigation finance industry

The bankers, brokers, and big money transforming litigation finance from a lawyer's hustle to a multibillion-dollar a...

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over 3 years
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The bankers, brokers, and big money transforming litigation finance from a lawyer's hustle to a m...

Litigation finance has gone from a niche practice to a corporate industry. Here are the top companies, investors, and...

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Coca-Cola is at the center of a debate over corporate social justice, with an anti-affirmative-ac...

Coca-Cola is under fire over its stance on racial justice. The company's diversity program has caught the ire of an a...

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over 3 years
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A biotech VC accuses his Proskauer lawyers of bungling a hedge fund deal, costing him 'hundreds o...

An investor at venBio blames Proskauer for causing him to miss out on the success of the Avoro Capital hedge fund. Th...

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