Kristen Rasmussen

March 27, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Although the number and types of lawyers at the new location is currently unknown and will largely depend on the business functions performed there, it's quite possible that the new headquarters would draw on local legal talent, creating new opportunities for in-house lawyers at the tech giant, experts said.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

4 minute read

March 26, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel at private equity firms should still be aware of the federal government's unusual decision to pursue claims against a firm based on an alleged fraudulent scheme at its pharmacy portfolio company, legal experts said.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

5 minute read

March 23, 2018 | National Law Journal

In an interview shortly after his move to the firm, William Chang, a founding member of the U.S. Department of Justice's Corporate Health Care Fraud Strike Force, also pushed back against the notion that his former team was drastically downsized by the Trump administration.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

March 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Dayton Michael Cramer is a retired colonel who served as chief legal counsel at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.

By Samantha Joseph | Kristen Rasmussen |

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March 21, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

A partner in Covington & Burling's food, drug, and device practice group and a former associate chief counsel for enforcement in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Chief Counsel is named GC at the pharmaceutical giant.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

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March 20, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Lawrence “Bo” Somers, deputy general counsel at the North Carolina-based power company giant Duke Energy, is facing public criticism after he compared a rate hike to the price of a McDonald's Extra Value Meal during a regulatory board hearing Monday.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

March 20, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Canton, Massachusetts-based Collegium Pharmaceutical has hired Shirley Kuhlmann as the pain management pharmaceutical company's first executive vice president, general counsel and secretary.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

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March 16, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Justice has declined to intervene in four whistleblower lawsuits accusing Toledo, Ohio-based Heartland Hospice and its owner, HCR ManorCare Inc., of routinely admitting patients who were not eligible for the service under Medicare.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

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March 16, 2018 | New York Law Journal

New York City-based health care provider EmblemHealth has agreed to pay $575,000 to the state of New York to settle allegations that it inadvertently disclosed the Social Security numbers of more than 81,000 people.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

2 minute read

March 14, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, colleges and universities are re-evaluating faculty-student relationships, and whether to ban them outright—leading the institutions' top lawyers to play a significant role in drafting policy governing the issue.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

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