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 CLOSeagate 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 CaribbeanThe 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 MarketingNew 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 PreparednessA 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 FieldsThe 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 IrmaDamaged 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 KnowWhen 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 SchemeSanta 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 FaultsThe 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
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