On Monday, I wrote about an unusual situation at the Supreme Court: even though Kannon Shanmugam of Paul Weiss was counsel of record in a case, it was argued by Elizabeth Prelogar of Cooley. I couldn't quite make sense of the switcheroo. I surmised,"There must be more to the story."
And so there was more to the story. Today Kannon Shanmugam, as well as Masha Hansford, moved from Paul Weiss to Davis Polk. I had heard a rumor of this after I wrote my post, which has now been confirmed.
This move doesn't fully explain exactly why Shanmugam, or someone at Paul Weiss, didn't argue the case. I suspect there is still more to the story.
