December 24, 2016
SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs, Information and News
Phillips & Cohen’s expertise as whistleblower lawyers handling SEC and CFTC whistleblower cases is widely recognized in the media. Below are news articles with comments and observations by Phillips...
Posted In Resources, SEC / CFTC Resources
December 23, 2016
“Former SEC Whistle-Blower Chief McKessy Optimistic From Other Side.”
Sean McKessy in BNA Securities Law Daily, 12/23/16. “[Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy] took what he knew from previous SEC and corporate experience and dived right into the whistle-blower...
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December 21, 2016
Whistleblower advice from a fellow whistleblower
Dear Fellow Whistleblower: If you are reading this, I assume you are trying to decide whether to blow the whistle or you are looking for an attorney to represent you or both. I, too, was a whistleblower....
Phillips & Cohen Articles on Whistleblower Issues
“US Accelerates Pursuit of Companies for FCPA Violations,” Erika A. Kelton, Forbes.com, 12/23/16. “Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf’s ‘Gutless Leadership’ Keeps Bank Mired...
Posted In Resources
December 16, 2016
“Sean McKessy: former chief, SEC Office of the Whistleblower.”
Sean McKessy in The Mercury News, 12/16/16. Q: Tech firms maintain a lot of secrecy around their work – does that affect people’s willingness to blow the whistle to the SEC? [McKessy]: There...
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December 06, 2016
Whistleblower lawyer discusses impact of Supreme Court ruling in State Farm case
WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2016 – Below are comments from Claire M. Sylvia, a partner at whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, regarding today’s Supreme Court decision on State...
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December 03, 2016
“Help More Whistle-Blowers.”
Letter to the Editor by Erika Kelton published in The New York Times, 12/3/16. “Gretchen Morgenson’s column “A Win for a Whistle-Blower” (Fair Game, Nov. 27) captures the retaliation that employees...
November 29, 2016
Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys named ‘Super Lawyers’ for 2017
WASHINGTON, DC, November 29, 2016 – Two Phillips & Cohen LLP whistleblower lawyers, Mary Louise Cohen and Erika Kelton, were selected to the 2017 Super Lawyers List for Washington, DC, by Super...
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November 18, 2016
“Seen Enough? Here’s how to get the SEC’s attention.”
Sean McKessy in TechCrunch, 11/18/16. “…There’s a temptation here to make yourself look more valuable than you are to attract investors. So I think all that makes Silicon Valley fertile...
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November 17, 2016
Zwanger Pesiri Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit For $10.5 Million
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, November 17, 2016 – Zwanger-Pesiri Inc., a Long Island radiology company, is paying a total of $10.5 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Phillips & Cohen...
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