July 31, 2010
Keep the cheese out of it – Letter to the Editor
The Washington Post published the following letter to the editor from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton discussing the need to change the way whistleblowers are viewed. Keep the cheese out of...
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July 29, 2010
Illinois whistleblowers to receive improved protection, reward
The Illinois False Claims Act has been strengthened by a bill passed today that will provide increased protection and reward for whistleblowers, as well improve the State’s ability to recover the high...
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July 21, 2010
Whistleblower in Sodexo kickback case comments on New York settlement
ALBANY, NEW YORK – The kickback case, brought by Phillips & Cohen, against Sodexo that the New York Attorney General settled today for $20 million began with the efforts of two brothers who persevered...
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June 23, 2010
Phillips & Cohen qui tam case against Northrop settles for $12.5 million
LOS ANGELES, CA – The fraud charges Northrop Grumman is settling today for $12.5 million were brought to the government’s attention by a company manager in its Salt Lake City, Utah, plant who...
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June 01, 2010
EMC Corp. settles False Claims Act suit
EMC Corp., a maker of data storage machines, has agreed to pay the federal government $87.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-kickback Act. The suit alleged...
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April 29, 2010
Whistleblower doctor comments on his case that helped expose illegal marketing of Topamax
WASHINGTON, DC – One of the two whistleblower lawsuits, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that is being settled as part of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical...
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April 27, 2010
AstraZeneca will pay $520 million in off-label marketing settlement
The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will pay $520 million to settle allegations of off-label marketing. Charges that the company illegally marketed the anti-psychotic...
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April 26, 2010
HHS OIG adds state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit information
The Inspector General for the Dept. of Health and Human Services has created a page on its website that collects information about state Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs). State MFCUs investigate and...
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Former whistleblower special counsel will plead guilty to withholding evidence
The Washington Post reports that Scott J. Bloch, the Bush-era director of a federal office in charge of protecting government whistleblowers from unfair treatment, will plead guilty to withholding information...
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April 19, 2010
NY AG says Medicaid fraud unit recovered $283 million in 2009
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) recovered more that $283 million in 2009. The unit also obtained 148 criminal convictions related...
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