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Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is an Atlanta-based reporter who covers corporate law departments and in-house attorneys.

February 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Home Depot Legal Department on Supreme Court Argument: 'We Know These Issues as Well as Anyone'

Will Barnette, associate general counsel at The Home Depot, likened the experience of arguing before the nation's highest court to preparing for and…

By Kristen Rasmussen

7 minute read

February 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Leading Chipmaker Analog Devices Picks Up General Counsel

Beginning next week, Larry Weiss will serve as vice president, general counsel and secretary at Analog Devices Inc., alongside the Norwood, Massachusetts-based company's chief legal officer.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

February 04, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Novel Antibiotics Company Turns Inward for New General Counsel

Melinta Therapeutics Inc. announced that Jennifer Sanfilippo, who had been serving as vice president, corporate counsel at the New Haven, Connecticut-based biopharmaceutical for more than a year, has been promoted to general counsel.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

February 01, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Home Depot Legal Department on Supreme Court Argument: 'We Know These Issues as Well as Anyone'

In an unusual move for in-house lawyers, Will Barnette, associate general counsel at The Home Depot, last month argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a high-stakes jurisdictional case involving the Class Action Fairness Act.

By Kristen Rasmussen

7 minute read

January 30, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Humana Promotes New General Counsel From Within

Joseph Ventura, who has been in-house at the Louisville, Kentucky-based health insurance giant since 2009, will succeed Christopher Todoroff, Humana's GC and chief legal officer for the past decade.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

January 15, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

#MeToo, IP Issues Among Top Litigation Trends in 2019: Crowell Report

In-house legal departments also are increasingly using technology such as data analytics and AI to help inform and guide their litigation case strategy, the report said.

By Kristen Rasmussen

4 minute read

January 15, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

#MeToo, IP Issues Among Top Litigation Trends in 2019: Crowell Report

For a change, the Eastern District of Texas is not leading the nation in patent filings after about a dozen years on top.

By Kristen Rasmussen

4 minute read

January 14, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Metro Atlanta School District Searching for New CLO

Jennifer Hackemeyer, chief legal officer at the DeKalb County School District in metro Atlanta since 2016 and a longtime Georgia in-house education lawyer, retired, effective Dec. 31.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

January 14, 2019 | Daily Report Online

DeKalb School District Searches for New CLO

Jennifer Hackemeyer, chief legal officer at the DeKalb County School District in metro Atlanta since 2016 and a longtime Georgia in-house education lawyer, retired, effective Dec. 31.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

January 10, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

For-Profit Education Provider Promotes GC to COO

The moves comes about a month after Chicago-based Adtalem Global Education divested DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read