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.

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  • Law
  • Legal Industry

221 Articles
over 3 years
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BNP Paribas faces a new legal risk from Sudanese refugees suing the bank over its financing of th...

Victims of genocide in Sudan never saw a dime from $9 billion paid by BNP Paribas to settle sanctions probes. They ho...

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over 3 years
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'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli just got hit with a nine-figure lawsuit by health insurers who say he...

Shkreli is in prison for defrauding investors, but he and his drug companies are facing a new lawsuit over hiking the...

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over 3 years
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A founding partner of a top crypto law firm has been ousted and is being sued for 'abusive, destr...

A litigation boutique known for representing and suing clients in the digital-assets industry is trying to oust one o...

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over 3 years
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19 crypto and blockchain-focused lawyers who are inking deals, fighting lawsuits, and navigating ...

Big Law firms like Davis Polk, Goodwin Procter, and Skadden tout blockchain experts. And Coinbase tapped Fenwick to h...

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over 3 years
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The family of Veritas Capital founder Robert McKeon is looking for $20 million from the firm in a...

Family members of the late Robert McKeon have sued his former firm, saying they were deprived of millions from Verita...

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over 3 years
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Trump's lawyer Marc Kasowitz's law firm raised $6.5 million from partners amid departures

Marc Kasowitz just lost nine lawyers who formed their own firm. The departures nearly coincided with the firm's first...

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over 3 years
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A top SEC official was receiving a $1.6 million law-firm pension from Simpson Thacher that was 7 ...

"Golden parachutes" from banks have been targeted by President Biden. What about a law-firm partner's $1.6 million pe...

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over 3 years
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Facebook just hired a top lawyer from ViacomCBS as the social-media giant's first chief complianc...

Henry Moniz, a longtime compliance executive at Viacom and ViacomCBS, is joining the senior ranks of Facebook's legal...

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over 3 years
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Coca-Cola's goals for its law firms prioritize Black lawyers, long overlooked by Big Law, in push...

Coca-Cola's top lawyer has told law firms to give work to Black lawyers. It's unlike other companies' pushes for dive...

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almost 4 years
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Trump is becoming an 'untouchable client.' Here's how law firms are turning on the president, fro...

Law firms, normally staid institutions, are taking public stances against Trump. He's also struggling to find represe...

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almost 4 years
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Theranos 'dumped' a useless, double-encrypted blood-test database on prosecutors, then destroyed ...

The blood-testing startup destroyed an important laboratory database after giving investigators an unusable copy, fed...

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almost 4 years
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Meet 11 of the lawyers and former regulators helping Robinhood navigate angry customer lawsuits a...

As the trading app faces a slew of legal hurdles while reportedly eyeing an IPO, it's bolstering its legal team with ...

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