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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

A weekly newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

 

By Caitlin Tremblay

What's going on today?

  • Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she has no information on Epstein
  • Trump's White House ballroom can move ahead for now, judge rules
  • Woman suing Meta, YouTube over social media addiction expected to take stand at trial
  • Judge rejects Kenvue bid to dismiss Texas lawsuit over Tylenol

Plus, Maurene Comey's new gig, another Cravath departure and more in this week's Career Tracker.

Kalshi bets on Neal Katyal in prediction market cases

 

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Prediction-market operators are tapping high-powered lawyers in a wave of regulatory battles with U.S. states that want to shut down or restrict their fast‑growing event‑contracts businesses.

Neal Katyal, who leads Milbank's U.S. Supreme Court practice, appeared for Kalshi this week in a lawsuit the company filed against Utah regulators. Katyal is also representing Kalshi in similar cases in Nevada, Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut and Tennessee. 

Read more in this week's Billable Hours.

Katyal's appearance in the Utah case came days after he won last week's decision at the U.S. Supreme Court striking down President Trump’s global tariffs. Katyal is also a lead attorney defending New Jersey cities in a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration over immigration policies.

 

Industry updates

  • Prominent Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein convicted at tax trial
  • Trump gains 10th Circuit vacancy to fill as Judge Tymkovich plans to leave seat
  • U.S. judiciary asks Congress for authority over courthouses in 'crisis'
  • Musk asks U.S. judge to block OpenAI’s use of WilmerHale probe at trial
  • Michigan federal judge charged with drunken-driving goes on leave
  • Conservative group seeks to revive hiring bias case against Northwestern law school
  • U.S. appeals court says law firm's size doesn't limit legal fees
  • Law firm Gibson Dunn loses appeal over ex-partner's retirement pay
  • Two chief U.S. appellate judges to leave active service, handing Trump vacancies
  • ABA moves to axe U.S. law school diversity requirements
 
 

Career Tracker

In New York:

Former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Maurene Comey, who was fired from her position last July and has sued the Trump administration over it, joined Patterson Belknap as a partner in its litigation department … Amanda Hines Gold joined Davis Polk’s executive compensation practice as a partner from Cravath … Finance and M&A partners Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano joined Latham from Wachtell … Antitrust partner William Reiss left Robins Kaplan, where he was head of the New York antitrust group, to join Crowell & Moring … Employment disputes partner Nicholas Corsano moved to Baker McKenzie from Greenberg Traurig … Simpson Thacher added John Anselmi as partner in its banking and credit practice from  Sullivan & Cromwell … David Greene joined Weil’s private funds group as a partner from Simpson Thacher. Weil also added banking and finance partner Lindsay Flora from Dechert … Tech companies adviser Agatha Kluk moved to Orrick as a partner from Perkins Coie … M&A and private equity partner Chris Isaacs joined Barnes & Thornburg from Katten.

In D.C.:

Former acting deputy chief counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy, Adena Goza, moved to Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation practice … Squire Patton Boggs added Adam Suess as a partner in its environmental, safety and health practice from the U.S. Department of the Interior where he was acting assistant secretary … Morgan Lewis added structured transactions partner Joseph Gatti from Amherst Residential where he was head of legal.

In Chicago: 

Sheppard added corporate partner Christopher Buch from Vedder Price and tax partner Balazs Danko from K&L Gates … Private equity partners Alexander Moss and Injune Park left Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff for Honigman.

Across other cities:

Antitrust partner Greg Olsen joined Willkie in London from Clifford Chance … IP partner T.O. Kong moved to Mintz in San Francisco from Wilson Sonsini … Willkie added corporate finance partners Christopher Forrester and Yian Huang from A&O Shearman. Forrester will also be co-managing partner of the Palo Alto office …  Commercial finance partner Anthony Callobre returned to Buchalter in Los Angeles from Blank Rome … Corporate partner Portia Keady moved to Day Pitney in Boston from Nutter … Real estate tax partner Robert Brown joined Greenberg Traurig in San Diego from Procopio … Blank Rome added corporate and M&A partners Bob Zinn and Megan Wotherspoon in Pittsburgh from K&L Gates where they previously led the corporate practice … Orrick