Jack Newsham writes about the New York legal community and the business of law, including law firm finance and management and the battle for talent. Email him at [email protected] and find him on Twitter @thenewsham.
December 06, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Jay Kriegel, NYC Power Player and First American Lawyer Publisher, Dies at 79Kriegel got his start advising John Lindsay, the New York City mayor, and went on to co-found The American Lawyer magazine with Steven Brill.
By Jack Newsham
3 minute read
December 04, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Freshfields Adds 4 More From Cleary in Wake of Big Partner HiresThree counsel and an associate are joining the Magic Circle firm's M&A practice in New York, following Ethan Klingsberg and others who left Cleary in October.
By Jack Newsham
2 minute read
December 04, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Pierce Bainbridge Extortion Suit Against Ex-Partner Tentatively Tossed, but Fight ContinuesA California judge concluded ex-partner Don Lewis didn't have enough ties to the state for the case to proceed, keeping the battle in New York.
By Jack Newsham
4 minute read
December 03, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Amid Dips at the Top, Most New York Law Schools See Rise in Bar Pass RatesThe New York bar exam's July pass rates fell slightly from last year for Columbia, NYU and Cornell students.
By Jack Newsham
5 minute read
December 03, 2019 | New York Law Journal
City to Pay $600K in Race Bias Case Brought by Ex-Law Department LawyerThe settlement resolves discrimination claims by Robert Gordon, now practicing at Wilson Elser. "It's affected my health, my mind, my sanity," Gordon said of the seven-year-old case.
By Jack Newsham
5 minute read
December 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Boies' Alliance With Epstein 'Hacker' Raises Swirl of Ethics QuestionsA reported effort by lawyers David Boies and Stan Pottinger to obtain years' worth of Jeffrey Epstein's sex tapes has some legal ethics experts wondering: Did the lawyers cross a line, or might they have eventually?
By Jack Newsham
7 minute read
December 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar Litigator at Boies Schiller Moves to DLA PiperScott Wilson, who has advised Nike and PIMCO, has taken his white-collar and civil litigation practice to DLA Piper in New York, attracted to the firm's global reach and broad array of practices.
By Jack Newsham
3 minute read
December 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Sheila Boston Nominated to Serve as City Bar's Next PresidentBoston, an Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer partner, is the first woman of color to be nominated as the organization's president.
By Jack Newsham
4 minute read
November 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal
NY Lawyer Hit With $280K Verdict by Ex-Client He Called 'A-Hole'A Manhattan jury has awarded $280,000 to a criminal-defendant-turned-lawyer after finding that one of his attorneys had defamed him online, calling him an emotionally unstable "a-hole" and a "dangerous jerk" who mistreated women.
By Jack Newsham
5 minute read
November 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Mukasey: We're a Trial Law Firm, Not a Republican Law FirmThe ex-Greenberg Traurig shareholder wants it known that he does a lot more than represent President Donald Trump."There's a perception that this is somehow a Republican law firm," Mukasey said.
By Jack Newsham
9 minute read
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