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Kristen Rasmussen is an Atlanta-based reporter who covers corporate law departments and in-house attorneys.
March 8, 2018 | National Law Journal
The D.C. Circuit declined to grant the parties' joint motion to dismiss a case between the Trump administration, House Republicans and a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general over the legality of insurer subsidies under the Affordable Care Act—jeopardizing the agreement the parties reached in the litigation late last year.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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March 6, 2018 | National Law Journal
Pending felony drug smuggling charges against two former executives at Vireo Health, a medical marijuana dispensary with offices in a few states, highlight the difficulty of operating in an industry where state and federal law are at odds.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 26, 2018 | National Law Journal
National health care law firm WhatleyKallas is once again teaming up with Consumer Watchdog to bring lawsuits, this time against CVS Health, over mandatory mail-order drug programs that allegedly discriminate against HIV/AIDS patients.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 23, 2018 | National Law Journal
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has countersued in federal court in Frankfort, Kentucky, 16 of his residents who are challenging in Washington, D.C., federal court the state's newly approved Medicaid work requirements.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 22, 2018 | Corporate Counsel
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $92,000 verdict for an in-house lawyer at a public utility in Memphis, Tennessee, whose request to work from home for 10 weeks while on bed rest due to pregnancy complications was denied.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 20, 2018 | National Law Journal
ALM talked with Peter Swire, senior counsel at Alston & Bird and privacy and cybersecurity expert at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Scheller College of Business, about some of the legal and data privacy issues surrounding the new, data-driven health care delivery systems. These include the proposed merger between CVS Health and Aetna Inc., as well as the health initiative that Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. recently announced for its employees.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 14, 2018 | National Law Journal
Insurance commissioners in California and Colorado recently announced plans to scrutinize Aetna's practices for granting and denying health care claims—developments that in and of themselves are unlikely to be deal breakers in the insurance giant's proposed $69 billion merger with CVS Health, corporate lawyers say.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 2, 2018 | National Law Journal
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald's resignation earlier this week as head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides important lessons for potential appointees and their advisers.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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February 1, 2018 | Corporate Counsel
The top lawyer at the American Red Cross, David Meltzer, has resigned after a news report that he lamented the departure of a senior executive who was pushed out several years ago after an internal investigation of sex harassment allegations.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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January 31, 2018 | National Law Journal
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned Wednesday as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention less than a day after a Politico report that she bought shares in a tobacco company after assuming office—an apparent conflict of interest for the head of the country's public health agency.
By Kristen Rasmussen
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