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
over 2 years ago
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A top investor in Better Mortgage says the company is using hardball tactics to lock up its share...

An early investor in Better Mortgage said the company was trying to force it to accept unfair terms ahead of a SPAC m...

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over 2 years ago
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Lawyers who work with New York's poor children and adults say their rates haven't budged in 17 ye...

Lawyers assigned to help poor New Yorkers with their legal needs have sued the state, saying they haven't gotten a ra...

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over 2 years ago
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First-year lawyers are getting 7% raises. Their law firms have hiked rates twice as much.

Compensation is growing for associates at top-tier US law firms, but the hourly rates charged for their time have gro...

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almost 3 years ago
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Hedge funder Kyle Bass's $34 million real-estate short could cost him $1 billion

The stakes are getting higher in United Development Funding's lawsuit against hedge funder Kyle Bass over his short-s...

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almost 3 years ago
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The 7 biggest lawyer moves that shaped the first half of 2021, according to top legal recruiters.

After a slow 2020, Big Law has been on a hiring spree in 2021. Insider tracked the top 7 moves by dealmakers, trial l...

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almost 3 years ago
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Robinhood's top lawyer made $30 million in eight months, more than anybody else at the company

Daniel Gallagher joined Robinhood in May 2020 and made $30 million that year, more than the company's CEO, according ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Seeking nominations for the top startup immigration lawyers in the US

Immigrant entrepreneurs are a driving force behind many of America's tech startups. But it can be hard for them to ge...

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almost 3 years ago
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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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almost 3 years ago
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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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almost 3 years ago
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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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almost 3 years ago
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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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almost 3 years ago
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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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