Month: December 2016

What is the IRS Whistleblower program? The IRS Whistleblower Program is an initiative established to encourage individuals to report tax fraud or underpayment by providing detailed information to the IRS....

Whistleblowers from any country – Britain, Canada, India, China and elsewhere – can participate in any of the four US whistleblower reward programs. In most cases, international whistleblower...

  1) Can international whistleblowers qualify for US whistleblower rewards? Whistleblowers from any country – UK, China, Brazil, India, Malaysia and elsewhere – can qualify for a reward...

Phillips & Cohen is at the forefront in representing whistleblowers in claims filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. We recently won...

What is off-label promotion and marketing? Off-label promotion, also referred to as off label marketing, is the unlawful practice of a company marketing its pharmaceuticals or medical devices for uses...

Phillips & Cohen’s expertise as whistleblower lawyers handling SEC and CFTC whistleblower cases is widely recognized in the media. Below are news articles with comments and observations by Phillips...

Sean McKessy in BNA Securities Law Daily, 12/23/16. “[Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy] took what he knew from previous SEC and corporate experience and dived right into the whistle-blower...

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), a long-time champion of whistleblowers and the creator of the IRS whistleblower program, has sent a letter to IRS commissioner nominee, John Koskinen, expressing hope that...

Dear Fellow Whistleblower: If you are reading this, I assume you are trying to decide whether to blow the whistle or you are looking for an attorney to represent you or both. I, too, was a whistleblower....

“US Accelerates Pursuit of Companies for FCPA Violations,” Erika A. Kelton, Forbes.com, 12/23/16. “Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf’s ‘Gutless Leadership’ Keeps Bank Mired...