Kristen Rasmussen

December 07, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Cue Biopharma, which develops immunotherapy cancer drugs, has named Colin Sandercock, most recently a partner at Perkins Coie, as its senior vice president and general counsel.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

2 minute read

December 07, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Federal regulators are likely to take a sharp eye to CVS Health's planned takeover of Aetna Inc., given the size of the consolidation within the health care industry, corporate lawyers say.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

14 minute read

December 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

Federal regulators are likely to take a sharp eye to CVS Health's planned takeover of Aetna Inc., given the size of the consolidation within the health care industry, corporate lawyers say.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

4 minute read

December 04, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Quality Systems Inc., which develops health IT software for medical and dental clients, has named life sciences in-house veteran Jeffrey Linton as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

December 04, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The top lawyer at Atlanta-based Focus Brands Inc., the franchisor of six well-known brands such as Auntie Anne's and Moe's Southwest Grill, talks with ALM about everything from whom she uses for outside counsel to what she does when she's not in the office.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

19 minute read

December 01, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

ALM reporter Kristen Rasmussen profiles Raymond Ferrell, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at DexYP, a provider of local business automation software and digital and print marketing solutions.

By Kristen Rasmussen

4 minute read

December 01, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Employment law experts say private health care employers may fire employees for failing to comply with a mandatory flu vaccination policy provided it allows exemptions for medical and religious reasons.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

November 29, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The Brooklyn Hospital Center has agreed to pay $15,000 and make full restitution with interest to dozens of women to settle allegations by the New York Attorney's General's Office that it illegally billed sexual assault victims for forensic rape exams.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

6 minute read

November 28, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta's John Marshall Law School is among 10 nationwide that the American Bar Association has publicly disciplined since August 2016 for violating its admissions rules by enrolling students it says are not likely to graduate and pass the bar. Per an Oct. 12 letter from the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the school must submit a report demonstrating compliance to the committee by Feb. 1 or appear before it at its meeting in late June.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

8 minute read

November 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read