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

204 Articles
about 3 years ago
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Big Law firms are in an 'unprecedented' scramble for associates, paying up to six-figure signing ...

Capital markets, M&A, and other corporate lawyers are in high demand. Law firms are offering signing bonuses and maki...

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about 3 years ago
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How 750 anonymous Coinbase traders have eluded the IRS even after making $100 million

The IRS is still trying to identify hundreds of Coinbase users from a 2018 data production. Some used fake names, and...

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about 3 years ago
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A crypto exec's resume listed Goldman, Lending Club and RBC. He didn't mention a prison break. No...

James Alexander listed banks and a who's-who of fintech companies on his resume. But an investigator says he also bro...

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about 3 years ago
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Confessions of Big Law's burned-out associates: 5 current and former lawyers from firms like Clea...

Big Law associates typically have long hours, but the pandemic has more of them feeling burned out. Five of them shar...

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about 3 years ago
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The IRS is targeting Kraken and Circle users it thinks are avoiding taxes on crypto trades

The IRS says a crackdown on Coinbase traders led to over $13 million in new taxes. Now it's going after major users o...

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about 3 years ago
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What beavers, cow embryos, whiskey, and orange groves have to do with regulating crypto assets—ev...

The Howey test, which came from an SEC lawsuit about orange groves, has been applied to chinchillas, Scotch whisky—an...

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about 3 years ago
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Ripple, whose XRP token was deemed illegal by the SEC, claims the agency is hiding internal recor...

The SEC claims XRP is an illegal security, while Ripple argues that it's similar to Bitcoin and Ether and asked a jud...

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about 3 years ago
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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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about 3 years ago
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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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about 3 years ago
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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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about 3 years ago
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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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about 3 years ago
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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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