Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.16.18

* The Novartis lawyer who paid off Michael Cohen is retiring. [Washington Post] * A judge has overturned California's assisted suicide law. I honestly thought we were done having fights over assisted suicide. [NPR] * Pillsbury picks up tax team from Eversheds. [American Lawyer] * Lawyers may not like legal ops, but the cottage industry is booming. [Law.com] * For anyone still holding onto the delusion that Robert Mueller didn't have the authority to prosecute Manafort, that's gone now. [Courthouse News Service] * The SEC is cutting back on corporate enforcement, shocking no one. [National Law Journal]

By Joe Patrice on May 16, 2018 9:44 am

* The Novartis lawyer who paid off Michael Cohen is retiring. [Washington Post]

* A judge has overturned California’s assisted suicide law. I honestly thought we were done having fights over assisted suicide. [NPR]

* Pillsbury picks up tax team from Eversheds. [American Lawyer]

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* Lawyers may not like legal ops, but the cottage industry is booming. [Law.com]

* For anyone still holding onto the delusion that Robert Mueller didn’t have the authority to prosecute Manafort, that’s gone now. [Courthouse News Service]

* The SEC is cutting back on corporate enforcement, shocking no one. [National Law Journal]