December 27, 2016
Yield-burning Whistleblower Michael Lissack
Michael Lissack, a former investment banker for Smith Barney, was represented by Phillips & Cohen attorneys in a qui tam lawsuit he filed against more than 20 Wall Street banking firms. He alleged...
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Texas Hospital Whistleblower Robert E. McCaslin Jr.
Phillips & Cohen represented Robert McCaslin, a hospital billing department employee, in a qui tam lawsuit against his former employer, Harris County Hospital District of Houston, Texas, for Medicare...
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Pfizer (Bextra) Whistleblower John Kopchinski
Phillips & Cohen LLP represented John Kopchinski in a qui tam lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. that alleged the company was engaged in the off-label marketing of Bextra, a painkiller, in dangerous doses...
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HCA Hospitals Whistleblower James Alderson
James F. Alderson, a client of Phillips & Cohen, was a financial officer with a Montana hospital when he was told that the hospital’s management company routinely filed fraudulent cost reports with...
Glaxo Whistleblower Matthew Burke
Phillips & Cohen represented GlaxoSmithKline whistleblowers Matthew Burke and his co-relator in a qui tam case against GlaxoSmithKline that helped win a record-setting settlement of $3 billion from...
First Qui Tam (False Claims Act) Whistleblower, Dr. Paul Michelson
Dr. Paul Michelson is an eye surgeon whom Phillips & Cohen attorneys represented in a False Claims Act lawsuit against his former employer, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, and a former colleague....
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Defense Contractor Whistleblower Emil Stache
Emil Stache, whom Phillips & Cohen attorneys represented in his qui tam case, was a manager for Teledyne Relays in California. A Vietnam veteran, he was concerned that the company was selling unreliable...
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Judith King: A Whistleblower in Nursing
Judith King, a registered nurse, was a heart transplant coordinator at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego. Phillips & Cohen brought a qui tam lawsuit against her employer on her behalf, alleging...
C.R. Bard Whistleblower Julie Darity’s Story
Phillips & Cohen represented Julie Darity in a qui tam lawsuit against her former employer C.R. Bard Inc. that alleged the company was offering illegal kickbacks to entice doctors and hospitals to...
Lack of Medical Necessity and the False Claims Act
Unnecessary medical care provided to patients — often referred to as a lack of medical necessity — not only defrauds Medicare and Medicaid, it also can seriously harm patients. Medical necessity...
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