December 27, 2016
Understanding Off-Label Marketing & How to Blow the Whistle
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...
December 24, 2016
SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs, Information and News
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...
Posted In Resources, SEC / CFTC Resources
December 23, 2016
“Former SEC Whistle-Blower Chief McKessy Optimistic From Other Side.”
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...
Posted In Phillips & Cohen In The Media
December 21, 2016
Grassley urges IRS commissioner-nominee to change anti-whistleblower culture
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...
Posted In Resources
Whistleblower advice from a fellow whistleblower
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....
Phillips & Cohen Articles on Whistleblower Issues
“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...
Posted In Resources
December 16, 2016
“Sean McKessy: former chief, SEC Office of the Whistleblower.”
Sean McKessy in The Mercury News, 12/16/16. Q: Tech firms maintain a lot of secrecy around their work – does that affect people’s willingness to blow the whistle to the SEC? [McKessy]: There...
Posted In Phillips & Cohen In The Media
December 06, 2016
Whistleblower lawyer discusses impact of Supreme Court ruling in State Farm case
WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2016 – Below are comments from Claire M. Sylvia, a partner at whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, regarding today’s Supreme Court decision on State...
Posted In Phillips & Cohen News
December 03, 2016
“Help More Whistle-Blowers.”
Letter to the Editor by Erika Kelton published in The New York Times, 12/3/16. “Gretchen Morgenson’s column “A Win for a Whistle-Blower” (Fair Game, Nov. 27) captures the retaliation that employees...