* 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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Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
* 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]