Beyond Unprecedented S5 Ep4: Betting on the Future: Prediction Markets and the Law
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Document Type
Podcast
Publication Year
2026
Description
With the recent rise of prediction markets into a multibillion-dollar industry, WilmerHale partner Michelle Nicole Diamond CC ’08, LAW ’12 discusses that dramatic growth and the complex legal and regulatory questions they raise.
Disciplines
Economics | Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law | Law | Law and Economics | Securities Law
Recommended Citation
Talley, Eric L.; Lund, Dorothy S.; and Diamond, Michelle Nicole, "Beyond Unprecedented S5 Ep4: Betting on the Future: Prediction Markets and the Law" (2026). Beyond Unprecedented Season 5. 4.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/beyond_unprecedented_5/4
Episode Details
Released: July 8, 2026
Length: 28:43
Featuring:
Michelle Nicole Diamond CC '74, LAW '12 is a partner and co-chair of WilmerHale’s sports and gaming practice. Her practice focuses on internal and government-facing investigations as well as crisis management. She has extensive experience investigating allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination, accounting fraud, and misappropriation of union funds; providing strategic counseling on areas of reputational risk; conducting workplace culture reviews; and advising companies on how to create and implement effective compliance programs.
Hosted By:
Eric Talley, Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, is an expert on the intersection of corporate law, governance, and finance. As a co-director of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Talley directs research and programs focused on the future of corporate governance and performance. He is a frequent commentator in the national media, and he speaks regularly to corporate boards, judges, and regulators on issues pertaining to fiduciary duties, governance, and finance. He is a graduate of the University of California San Diego, and he earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. Talley also hosted the first four seasons of Beyond Unprecedented.
Dorothy S. Lund, Columbia 1982 Alumna Professor of Law and co-director of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, teaches and writes extensively on corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation, contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Lund’s work has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Journal of Corporation Law, and Stanford Law Review, among other journals. She has also written for popular publications including The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Several of her articles have been voted among the top 10 corporate and securities law articles of the year. Before entering academia, Lund clerked for Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Supreme Court and Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. She also practiced corporate law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. Lund hosted the fourth season of Beyond Unprecedented.