The fallout from the Michael Cohen/Essential Consulting affair continues with the news that the general counsel of Novartis, one of the companies that retained Cohen’s services, is retiring from the company for his role in the scandal. Felix Ehrat said in a press release that he was retiring “in the context of discussions surrounding Novartis’s former agreement with Essential Consultants, owned by Michael Cohen.” Ehrat defended the contract as “legally in order; it was an error.”
