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Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

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

September 25, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Seagate Tech Hires Kate Schuelke as New CLO

Seagate Technology has hired Kate Schuelke as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary. She joins the digital…

By Kristen Rasmussen

8 minute read

September 21, 2017 | National Law Journal

Hurricanes Shut Down Federal Courts in Caribbean

The federal courthouses in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have been knocked out by Hurricane Maria, including the one court on St. Croix that was still operating after Hurricane Irma earlier this month.

By Kristen Rasmussen

2 minute read

September 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

States Expand Probe Into Big Pharma Opioid Marketing

New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General and 39 others announced Tuesday they are issuing subpoenas to several drug manufacturers in connection with the opioid and heroin abuse epidemic.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

September 19, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Nursing Home Tragedy a Grim Reminder of Looming Federal Deadline for Provider Preparedness

A Nov. 15 deadline approaches for disaster preparedness under federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rules that apply to nursing homes like the one where eight residents died after Hurricane Irma in Florida.

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

September 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

Why Did a Federal Judge Sentence a Terminally Ill Mother to 75 Years for Health Care Fraud?

A federal judge in Texas sentenced a woman with advanced metastatic cancer to 75 years in prison for Medicare fraud last month amid a crackdown on health care fraud by the government. Here's what we learned about the case.

By Kristen Rasmussen

19 minute read

September 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

Trump EPA GC Nominee Discloses Nearly $300K in Income From Carlton Fields

The president's pick for general counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Matthew Leopold, reported his income and clients in White House financial disclosure forms.

By Kristen Rasmussen

14 minute read

September 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

US Virgin Islands Federal Court Crippled by Hurricane Irma

Damaged by Hurricane Irma, one of the federal courthouses on the U.S. Virgin Islands remains closed indefinitely, officials said Tuesday.

By Kristen Rasmussen

4 minute read

September 08, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Feds' Crackdown on Health Care Fraud: What Lawyers Need to Know

When former WellCare Inc. general counsel Thaddeus M.S. Bereday walks into a federal courtroom in Tampa on Nov. 15 for his scheduled sentencing…

By Kristen Rasmussen, Sue Reisinger

11 minute read

September 08, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Whistleblower Nets $2.25M Exposing NM Medicaid Scheme

Santa Fe, New Mexico's St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and its Irving, Texas-based partner Christus Health have agreed to pay $12.24 million plus interest…

By Kristen Rasmussen

3 minute read

September 08, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

FDA Warns EpiPen Makers Over Manufacturing Faults

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Meridian Medical Technologies, a unit of Pfizer, charging that it failed to investigate multiple complaints that some EpiPen auto-injectors, distributed by Mylan N.V., had failed during emergencies, including some that involved fatalities.

By Kristen Rasmussen

4 minute read