* It’s not the doctor’s fault he overprescribed opioid painkillers. It’s the pharmaceutical industry’s fault. [New York Law Journal]
* Norton Rose Fulbright is in late-stage merger talks with Australian firm Henry Davis York. [Law.com]
* Apparently Donald Trump did not watch the same hearing as the rest of us. [CNN]

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* The California Attorney General is willing to go to war with Donald Trump over national monuments. [LA Times]
* Ah, the halcyon days of 2007. The House is determined to bring the financial regulations back to then. [Washington Post]
* Is this what the Bill Cosby defense has stooped to? [NBC News]

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* In case you’re looking for some gift ideas. [Huffington Post]