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Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

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

August 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Genuine Health Brings on First General Counsel

Marc Auerbach joins the fast-growing health care company from Cozen O’Connor, where he was a shareholder specializing in health care.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

August 07, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

In-House Pharma Vet Joins Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Neena Patil, who held in-house roles at Novo Nordisk and Pfizer Inc., has become general counsel at Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

August 02, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

DART's Longtime Assistant General Counsel Rides Along as Agency's New Top Lawyer

As GC, Gene Gamez, who has been litigating for DART for more than 19 years, will oversee its roughly 10-attorney legal department.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-General Counsel at Failed New Orleans Bank Suspended After Guilty Plea

The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Gregory St. Angelo from the practice of law on an interim basis, pending "necessary disciplinary proceedings."

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Caltech Taps Former Magistrate Judge to Be New General Counsel

Jennifer Lum, a deputy GC who worked as a federal prosecutor and member of the federal judiciary before going in-house at the Pasadena, California, university, will succeed Victoria Stratman, who is retiring after 24 years.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

July 30, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Eastman Chief Legal Officer Retires

The Kingsport, Tennessee-based company's senior vice president, chief legal and sustainability officer and corporate secretary David Golden is retiring to pursue other opportunities.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

July 19, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

BAE Systems Promotes Internal Division's Top Lawyer to Companywide General Counsel

Alice Eldridge, who joined the major global defense, aerospace and security systems provider in March 2012 as the vice president and chief legal counsel at the platforms and services division, succeeds Ian Graham, who left BAE in May to become group general counsel at Ferguson.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

July 18, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

'Don't Label Clients as the Problem': General Counsel Respond to Claims They Are at Fault for Mental Health Crisis

Prompted by a LinkedIn post by NetApp GC Matt Fawcett, in-house leaders push back on attorneys' allegations that corporate law departments are to blame for the mental health crisis in the legal profession.

By Kristen Rasmussen

5 minute read

July 16, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Acting General Counsel's Use of Alleged Privileged Information in Complaint Doesn't Bar Sex Discrimination Suit

Jennifer Fischman's gender discrimination claim against her former employer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America Inc., may proceed after a federal judge rejected the New York-based company's argument that the complaint should be tossed because it uses alleged privileged and confidential information learned during the job.

By Kristen Rasmussen

4 minute read

July 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Ex-Shake Shack Associate General Counsel Joins AXS

Andrew Cromer said he plans to put the business skills he developed in-house to use for a multitude of clients as a corporate and transactional attorney at AXS Law Group in Wynwood.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read