Kristen Rasmussen

November 27, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

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

November 21, 2017 | Law.com

The American Bar Association has publicly disciplined—with sanctions ranging from letters of noncompliance setting out remedial plans to censure to probation—10 law schools since August 2016 for enrolling students it says are unlikely to graduate and pass the bar.

By Kristen Rasmussen

5 minute read

November 21, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Two private law schools in Florida have been disciplined in little more than a year for enrolling students who the American Bar Association believes are unlikely to graduate and pass the bar.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

5 minute read

November 20, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

While acknowledging the possible medical and financial benefits of a pill embedded with a sensor that can tell doctors if and when patients take their prescribed medication, health care and data privacy lawyers warned about consent and data security issues associated with the new technology.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

4 minute read

November 17, 2017 | National Law Journal

Dr. John Kapoor, the owner of Insys Therapeutics Inc., maker of a potent opioid medication, pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and racketeering charges on Thursday and asked the magistrate judge to remove his electronic monitoring bracelet.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

November 16, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Growing biotech company FORMA Therapeutics has hired Christine Bellon as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

2 minute read

November 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

ALM takes a look at which law firms the pharmaceutical industry is turning to for representation in this nationwide spate of opioid marketing litigation.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

4 minute read

November 14, 2017 | National Law Journal

Several hospital associations and health care systems sued the federal government on Monday to prevent it from implementing a rule that would reduce Medicare reimbursements for prescription drugs bought through a program designed to lower drug costs for hospitals serving low-income patients.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

November 14, 2017 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Rights is investigating an incident at a Chicago hospital after third-party vendor Experian Health exposed to other health care facilities the personal information of more than 700 patients.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

3 minute read

November 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

The billionaire founder of an opioid drug manufacturer charged with racketeering and fraud has hired the Boston Nixon Peabody partner who successfully prosecuted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger to defend him.

By Kristen Rasmussen |

24 minute read