Year: 2024

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (SEC) announced the agency’s new whistleblower rewards program.  The program establishes rewards of up to 30 percent of the first $100 million in company forfeitures...

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) pervades current discussions in government, business, and academia.  While the potential for this rapidly developing technology is both exciting and unnerving, some...

A recent investigation into Epic Systems’ proprietary software algorithms underscores the critical importance of whistleblowers to protect patients as the health technology industry develops. Concerns...

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie was quoted in Law 360’s story about Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower lawsuit against the Armstrong Group of Companies.  Armstrong agreed to pay...

Washington, DC, July 12, 2024— The Armstrong Group of Companies agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle allegations the companies submitted false claims to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken its first enforcement action to protect whistleblower communications to the CFTC.  On June 17, the CFTC announced a $55 million fine against global...

Letter to the editor of The New York Times from Phillips & Cohen partner Sam Brown discussing the need to protect whistleblowers in the largely unregulated technology sector. “Insiders Warn of...

Trafigura’s $55 Million Settlement and CFTC Compliance Measures Today the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Trafigura Trading...

Overview of CityMD’s $12 Million False Claims Act Settlement Washington, DC, June 7, 2024 – Urgent care walk-in clinic chain CityMD agreed to pay $12.037 million to the federal government, including...

June 4, 2024 – Lawdragon magazine has named 12 Phillips & Cohen partners to its 2024 list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” for their outstanding achievements representing whistleblowers...