Kristen Rasmussen

January 18, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

An Aetna Inc. shareholder has sued to block the proposed $69 billion takeover by CVS Health, claiming that the "unfair and inadequate" deal would shortchange shareholders.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

January 17, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Thousands of HIV patients whose names and conditions were revealed by glassine envelopes sent through the mail would share in a $17 million settlement that Aetna Insurance Co. has agreed to pay upon judicial approval to resolve claims that the company failed to protect the individuals' privacy.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

4 minute read

January 16, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Health care companies need to be mindful of the U.S. Department of Justice's continued enforcement of the False Claims Act but also pay attention to areas such as drug pricing and opioids that may be the focus of increased scrutiny in 2018, according to the health care portion of Crowell & Moring's annual Litigation Forecast.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

January 12, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Benevis dental management company and more than 130 of its affiliated Kool Smiles clinics in 17 states have agreed to pay $23.9 million plus interest to settle charges that they fraudulently billed Medicaid for medically unnecessary dental work performed on children.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

January 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

After a federal judge ruled that the tribal court does not have jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation's lawsuit against several pharmaceutical distributors and retail pharmacies over the opioid addiction epidemic, the territory's attorney general has vowed to continue the legal battle by refiling the case in state court.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

January 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Tim Phillips, general counsel at the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society Inc., discussed everything from the importance of pro bono work to mentoring during a roundtable discussion with young members of the State Bar of Georgia.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

4 minute read

January 09, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta-based homebuilder Beazer Homes has hired Keith Belknap, most recently the top lawyer at Mueller Water Products Inc., as its new executive vice president and general counsel.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

2 minute read

January 08, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

An FDA guru and senior policy adviser at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld explain what's to come in the health care space 2018.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

5 minute read

January 08, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The Daily Report speaks with Katherine Dunn, the top lawyer at Alpharetta-based application software provider Aptean about everything from whom she turns to for outside counsel to what she does when she's not in the office.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

January 04, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. has appointed Ellen Fitzsimmons, most recently the top lawyer at railroad giant CSX Corp., to succeed retiring general counsel Raymond Fortin.

By Kristen Rasmussen

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