March 12, 2020
Kyphon (Medtronic Spine) whistleblowers Chuck Bates and Craig Patrick’s story
Chuck Bates and Craig Patrick together filed a qui tam lawsuit alleging that their former employer, Kyphon Inc. – now Medtronic Spine LLC – had defrauded Medicare through a sales and pricing strategy...
Posted In Resources
March 05, 2020
California considers tax whistleblower program
In an effort to empower whistleblowers to pursue tax fraud and help California bridge its “tax gap” of unpaid taxes, California state officials are moving to incorporate tax fraud into the state’s...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
February 26, 2020
“The SEC Whistleblower Program: Make Or Break Time”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton returns to her Forbes.com column to warn that the SEC’s slow pace in making whistleblower awards could undermine its highly successful whistleblower program....
February 11, 2020
Whistleblower attorney Stephen Hasegawa on Deutschlandradio
Phillips & Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa discusses the importance of protecting whistleblowers in a radio interview aired on Deutschlandfunk, German national public radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio’s...
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January 31, 2020
Practice Fusion’s $145M settlement heralds more EHR kickbacks and fraud cases to come
Practice Fusion’s $145 million settlement with the Department of Justice this week signals that the government is continuing to scrutinize improper and illegal practices in the electronic health records...
Posted In Whistleblower Law Insights
January 29, 2020
“You’re a leader. But you can’t stomach what your company is doing”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy provides the SEC whistleblower’s perspective in a CNN Business article about the ways in which corporate leaders can address company misconduct. If internal...
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“Opioid Case Spotlights Use of AI for Health-Care Fraud”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie underscores the significance of DOJ’s actions against electronic health records software company Practice Fusion Inc. in Bloomberg Law. The case also...
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January 24, 2020
CFTC seeks whistleblowers to report spoofing
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking whistleblowers to help them stop spoofing in the commodities and derivatives markets. Spoofing is a crime that can be hard to detect without the help...
January 23, 2020
SEC whistleblower award from fraud schema targeting retail investors
Washington, DC, Jan. 23, 2020 — The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a whistleblower award of $277,000 to a Phillips & Cohen client who provided the SEC with significant information...
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January 18, 2020
“ResMed to pay more than $37.5M to settle kickback allegations made in 5 whistleblower lawsuits”
Phillips & Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa explains the nature of the alleged kickbacks in the case against ResMed in a FierceHealthcare article: The company charged service fees to those who sold competitors’...
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