December 19, 2012
Amgen agrees to pay $762 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits and criminal fine
WASHINGTON, DC – Amgen Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government and numerous states a total of $762 million to settle 10 whistleblower lawsuits, including one brought by Phillips & Cohen,...
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December 04, 2012
Whistleblowers help government recover record $5 billion in FY2012
The government recovered a record-breaking $5 billion in FY 2012 under the False Claims Acts, a top Justice Department official announced today. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery...
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November 20, 2012
Six banks have paid $162 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit alleging hidden fees charged on veterans’ loans
Five more banks and mortgage companies have agreed to pay the federal government a total of $116.7 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the banks illegally charged veterans hidden fees...
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November 16, 2012
SEC received 3,000 whistleblower tips in the past year.
In the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received over 3,000 whistleblower tips, according to the SEC’s 2012 “Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program” released...
November 09, 2012
Whistleblower attorney Mary Louise Cohen named to Best Lawyers list
WASHINGTON, DC – Whistleblower attorney Mary Louise Cohen, a founding partner of Phillips & Cohen LLP, has been selected for the “Best Lawyers” of Washington, DC, and Baltimore list...
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October 25, 2012
Boehringer Ingelheim pays $95 million to settle whistleblower case
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – The healthcare fraud case, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. settled today with the government for $95 million was due in large...
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October 15, 2012
CBS News reports on Phillips & Cohen whistleblower lawsuit against JM Eagle
RENO, NEVADA – CBS News highlighted some of the problems JM Eagle customers have faced in a story about a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP that alleges JM Eagle manufactured...
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October 04, 2012
IRS pays whistleblower $2 million reward for information about alleged tax avoidance scheme by Illinois Tool Works
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 4, 2012 — The Internal Revenue Service has paid a $2 million reward to a whistleblower, represented by Phillips & Cohen, who exposed an alleged tax avoidance scheme by Illinois...
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October 01, 2012
Whistleblower lawyers Phillips & Cohen named to ‘Hot List” of top law firms
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Law Journal has named Phillips & Cohen LLP to the prestigious “Plaintiffs’ Hot List” for 2012 in recognition of the law firm’s success in...
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September 25, 2012
Rewards to offset the risks of blowing the whistle
Despite the draw of large whistleblower rewards distributed by the government recently, like the $104 million awarded to Brad Birkenfeld for exposing secrets about Swiss banking to the IRS, a recent New...
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