SEC closes investigation into Robinhood's crypto arm.

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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

 

By Caitlin Tremblay

What's going on today?

  • Neal Katyal, Milbank join team suing Trump over bid to oust Democratic official.
  • U.S. judge to hear AP challenge to Trump's ban over use of Gulf of Mexico name.
  • Ex-DOJ criminal division chief Argentieri joins Cravath.
  • U.S. judge blocks Musk's DOGE team from accessing Education Department, OPM data.

Have a great day!

 

California bar exam failers to get free retakes, amid testing mess

 

REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

The State Bar of California will allow those who fail its February bar exam to retake the attorney licensing test in July for free in response to the new test’s rocky rollout. The board's unprecedented decision to provide fee waivers for those who fail the test on February 25 and 26, so that they can take July's test for free, follows its February 13 offer to give refunds to those who withdrew from the test that starts on Tuesday. The board has allotted $3.1 million for the waivers and refunds. Karen Sloan has more.

 

More top news

  • U.S. judge to hear AP challenge to Trump's ban over use of Gulf of Mexico name
  • U.S.  judge blocks Musk's DOGE team from accessing Education Department, OPM data
  • Ex-DOJ criminal division chief Argentieri joins law firm Cravath
  • SEC closes investigation into Robinhood's crypto arm with no action
  • U.S. court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' conviction
  • U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs free speech challenge to abortion clinic buffer zone
  • Exclusive: SEC plans to cut regional directors due to Trump administration cost scrutiny, sources say
  • Puma, Brooks settle lawsuits over running-shoe patents, trademarks
  • U.S. Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr's challenge to New York ballot rules
  • Global fragrance makers must face price-fixing case, U.S. judge rules
  • Law firm Freshfields opens latest U.S. office in Boston
  • Rumble and Trump Media file motion in U.S. court over decision by Brazilian judge
 
 

Neal Katyal, Milbank join team suing Trump over bid to oust Democratic official

REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Neal Katyal, who is a prominent appellate lawyer and Donald Trump critic, joined a lawsuit challenging the president's effort to remove the head of a key agency that hears cases brought by federal government workers who are fired or disciplined. Katyal, who left his longtime law firm Hogan Lovells earlier this month to lead the appellate practice at rival Milbank, filed papers to join the legal team representing Merit Systems Protection Board chair Cathy Harris in Washington, D.C., federal court. Read more.

A judge in Washington has blocked Trump’s effort to fire Harris for now, and the court temporarily reinstated her while her lawsuit is pending. The DOJ has appealed that ruling to the D.C. Circuit.

 

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