Month: September 2020

Phillips & Cohen partner Steve Hasegawa frames the significance of Linde GmbH’s $22.8 million settlement of the firm’s qui tam lawsuit alleging customs fraud in a story by gasworld. “When companies...

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sept. 25, 2020 – Linde GmbH and its North American subsidiary have agreed to a $22.8 million settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit, filed by Phillips & Cohen LLP, which alleged...

The National Law Journal quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy in its coverage of the SEC’s adoption of new whistleblower program rules and the SEC’s decision that it may reduce whistleblower...

Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy condemns recently adopted changes to the SEC whistleblower program in a Compliance Week article examining the response to the program’s new rules. Sean McKessy,...

Bloomberg Law cites the views of Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, on how the SEC’s newly adopted whistleblower program rule changes...

In a Wall Street Journal report on the SEC’s newly adopted whistleblower program rule changes, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton voices her concerns about how the changes could affect whistleblowers....

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering new whistleblower program rules, which include a defacto cap on whistleblower rewards that would discourage highly placed insiders from blowing...

Lawdragon magazine has named 10 Phillips & Cohen attorneys to its 2020 list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” for their work representing whistleblowers. Phillips & Cohen partners...

The Intelligencer writes about Wheeling Hospital’s $50 million settlement of Phillips & Cohen’s qui tam case that alleged kickbacks and Stark Law violations. “Intimidation is a scare tactic often...

Phillips & Cohen partner Amy Easton explains to MetroNews why the $50 million healthcare fraud settlement by a West Virginia hospital  is noteworthy. “This case is significant for the amount that...