June 11, 2026
CFTC’s Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Whistleblower Rules
Statement of Christopher Ehrman, Partner, Phillips & Cohen, and the former Director of the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office, on the CFTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Whistleblower Rules:...
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Super Lawyers Names Five Phillips & Cohen Whistleblower Attorneys to its Washington, DC List for 2026
WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2026 — Five Phillips & Cohen partners — Mary Louise Cohen, Erika Kelton, Peter Chatfield, Colette Matzzie, and Sean McKessy – have been selected to Super Lawyers 2026...
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May 20, 2026
Royal Canadian Steel and Affiliates to Pay $19 Million to Settle Customs Fraud Allegations
Washington, DC –May 20, 2026 – Royal Canadian Steel Inc., Farjess Inc., and their President and part-owner, Feroz Jessani, have agreed to pay $19 million plus interest to the federal government to...
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April 10, 2026
Ten Phillips & Cohen Partners Earn “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” Honors from Lawdragon
(Washington, DC) April 9, 2026 — Phillips & Cohen is pleased to announce that ten of the firm’s partners – Mary Louise Cohen, Erika Kelton, Colette Matzzie, Claire Sylvia, Stephen Hasegawa, Jeffrey...
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April 07, 2026
Insurance Brokers Agree to Pay $135 Million to Settle Affordable Care Act Fraud Allegations
MIAMI, April 7, 2026– On behalf of their whistleblower client, Phillips & Cohen LLP announces that AssuredPartners, Inc. and AP of South Florida, LLC, a national partnership of insurance brokers...
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March 20, 2026
“Fincen’s failure to write whistleblower rules damages its mission”
Phillips & Cohen partner Emily Stabile writes in American Banker’s BankThink about how “FinCEN’s whistleblower program stands to be a rich source of intelligence for the U.S. government,...
March 11, 2026
Aetna Settles for $11.5 Million False Claims Act Case Alleging Submission of Invalid Diagnosis Codes to Inflate Government’s Medicare Advantage Payments
Washington, D.C., March 11, 2026– Aetna, a healthcare insurance company that contracts with Medicare to provide Medicare Part C Advantage Plans, agreed to pay $11.5 million to the federal government...
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February 17, 2026
SEC Whistleblower Program Annual Report for FY 2025 Shows “Reason for Cautious Optimism” in 2026 and Beyond
Washington, DC, February 17, 2026— The US Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower released the annual report to Congress as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
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February 10, 2026
Barn Rentals, Related Entities Agree to Pay $3.9 Million to Settle a NY False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit
New York, February 10, 2026—Able Rentals Inc., Abarn Equipment Corp., and company owners Myron Schulman and Martin Schulman have agreed to pay over $3.9 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed...
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January 23, 2026
Six Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America” for 2026
Washington, DC, January 23, 2026— Lawdragon has named six Phillips & Cohen partners –Peter Chatfield, Stephen Hasegawa, Erika Kelton, Colette Matzzie, Sean McKessy, and Claire Sylvia—to...
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