May 27, 2015
“5 Things GCs Need to Know About Whistleblowers.”
Colette Matzzie in Law360.com, 5/27/15. “We’ve found that employees are going to report internally anyway, but they have the additional incentive now because of the way the SEC reward factors are...
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May 14, 2015
“How do you make millions by doing good? Become a whistleblower.”
Claire Sylvia in The Guardian, 5/14/15. One of these veteran whistleblower law firms is Phillips & Cohen, founded in 1988 by John Phillips . Phillips worked closely with Congress to pass the False...
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May 12, 2015
“Arrest of U.K Trader Puts a Spotlight on Whistle-Blowers.”
Erika Kelton in Institutional Investor, 5/12/15. Anonymity has been central to the successes that have occurred so far, according to Erika Kelton, a partner at Phillips & Cohen in San Francisco and...
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April 20, 2015
DC Whistleblower Case Against Chartwells’ School Food Program – Documents
Chartwells settled a whistleblower lawsuit involving management of school meal programs in Washington, DC, for $19.4 million in June 2015. Below are the whistleblower complaint, settlement agreement, other...
April 14, 2015
“Confidentiality Agreements Must Not Protect Crimes.”
Article by Erika A. Kelton and Stephen S. Hasegawa published in The Wall Street Journal, 4/14/15. “For more than 25 years we have seen companies make overblown claims of trade secrets and business...
April 09, 2015
HDL and Singulex testing labs pay $48.5M to settle whistleblower cases alleging kickbacks
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, April 9, 2015 – A South Carolina doctor, represented by Phillips & Cohen, who had ethical concerns about blood testing labs paying physicians extra fees allegedly to get...
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April 08, 2015
Phillips & Cohen partners named to “500 Leading Lawyers in America” list
WASHINGTON, DC, April 8, 2015 – Whistleblower attorneys Mary Louise Cohen, Erika A. Kelton and Colette Matzzie, partners at Phillips & Cohen LLP, were named to Lawdragon’s list of “500...
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April 02, 2015
“SEC Hits Back At KBR And Other Corporate Bullies Who Threaten Whistleblowers.”
Article by Erika Kelton published on Forbes.com, 4/2/15. “The Securities and Exchange Commission scored a major win on behalf of whistleblowers this week in an enforcement action against engineering...
March 18, 2015
Construction giant Gilbane Building settles whistleblower case brought by Phillips & Cohen
TAMPA, FLORIDA, March 18, 2015 – Gilbane Building Co. has agreed to pay the government $1.1 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP that claimed a company it had...
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March 16, 2015
“Phillips & Cohen Nabs Obama’s Former ‘Anti-Fraud Czar.’”
Peter Budetti in Law360.com, 3/16/15. The Obama administration’s former “anti-fraud czar” for Medicare and Medicaid has joined whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, adding insider savvy...
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