Month: January 2023

On January 13, the Supreme Court announced it would hear a pair of cases concerning a critical element of liability under the False Claims Act – a defendant’s mental state. A person violates the FCA...

Washington, DC, January 19, 2023— Lawdragon has named five Phillips & Cohen partners –Peter Wilson Chatfield, Stephen Hasegawa, Erika Kelton, Colette Matzzie, and Sean McKessy —to its 2023 “500...

Washington, DC, January 17, 2023—On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address an issue central to the enforcement of the False Claims Act, the government’s primary tool for fighting fraud...

Washington, DC, January 9, 2023— Washingtonian magazine has named four Phillips & Cohen partners –Peter Wilson Chatfield, Erika Kelton, Colette Matzzie, and Sean McKessy —to its 2022 “Top...

Award of $40 million among SEC’s ten highest awards ever Washington, DC, January 3, 2023— Phillips and Cohen clients won the largest whistleblower award in 2022, totaling $40 million.  The aggregate...

The $1.7 trillion year-end spending legislation passed by Congress and just signed by the President contains important amendments to the anti-money laundering (AML) whistleblower program. The Anti-Money...