April 11, 2019
“This investor who blew the whistle on JPMorgan got a huge award, but those days may be numbered”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton was quoted in a Fast Company article about how potential changes to the SEC’s whistleblower program could impact the rewards they receive. “Oftentimes...
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April 04, 2019
Proposed tax bill would improve IRS whistleblower program
Congress is considering improvements to the IRS whistleblower program as part of bipartisan legislation that would make important changes to the Internal Revenue Service. The Taxpayer First Act of 2019,...
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April 03, 2019
“Ninth Circuit Limits Protections for Whistleblowers Reporting FCPA Violations”
Anti-Corruption Report includes comments from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton in its analysis of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in a case involving Bio‑Rad Laboratories Inc. and...
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April 01, 2019
“Tax Court to review IRS denial of whistleblower claim”
Accounting Today writes about a victory Phillips & Cohen partner Edward Arens won for an IRS whistleblower client in US Tax Court. The decision is a win for all IRS whistleblowers. The Tax Court has...
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March 29, 2019
Phillips & Cohen wins victory for IRS whistleblower client in US Tax Court.
WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2019 – Phillips & Cohen LLP has won for an IRS whistleblower client an important ruling from the US Tax Court that allows whistleblowers to challenge IRS award decisions...
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March 15, 2019
“New UK Watchdog Poised To Take On Embattled Audit Sector”
In a Law360 article, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talks about what replacing the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) with the new regulatory agency, the Audit, Reporting, and Governance Authority,...
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March 11, 2019
“Barclays, Danske, Lloyds: three reasons why UK whistleblower laws must change”
By Erika Kelton, Phillips & Cohen LLP, as published in ELA Briefing. The recent run of whistleblower cases involving some of Europe’s biggest banks – Barclays, Danske and Lloyds – demonstrates...
“Providers hope for Stark overhaul to boost value-based payment”
Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield contributed the fraud-fighter’s perspective to a Modern Healthcare article about possible pending changes to the Stark Law, a key regulation that penalizes...
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March 01, 2019
Adventist Health System whistleblowers Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church’s story
Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church, former employees of an Adventist hospital in North Carolina, joined together to file a qui tam lawsuit alleging that Adventist Health System paid doctors...
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Community Health Systems Whistleblower Robert Baker’s story
Robert Baker alleged in a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit that Community Health System (CHS) was engaged in a scheme to improperly increase Medicaid payments to its three hospitals in New Mexico. CHS paid...
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