Jen Fuson

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower recently released its Annual Report to Congress for the 2023 fiscal year. The report reveals that the SEC’s Whistleblower...

Statement on the SEC’s Whistleblower Numbers for FY 2023 Washington, DC, November 14, 2023—Fiscal year 2023 was a record-breaking year for the SEC’s Whistleblower Program. The agency issued whistleblower...

Phillips & Cohen partners Stephen Hasegawa and Emily Stabile discussed their settlement with KAP7 International, an importer of swimwear and water polo equipment: Stephen Hasegawa of Phillips &...

Settlement in Whistleblower Lawsuit Against KAP7 San Francisco, November 7, 2023— KAP7 International, Inc. (KAP7) and Bradley Schumacher, President and co-founder of KAP7, have agreed to pay $300,000...

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 3, 2023 –Phillips & Cohen LLP has been named to U.S. News Best Lawyers® 2024 “Best Law Firms” list for the law firm’s work representing whistleblowers. This is the eighth...

Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Hurricane Katrina FEMA Program Fraud Washington, DC, October 25, 2023–The United States announced the third settlement to conclude a $25 million whistleblower lawsuit...

The Department of Justice announced a $172 million settlement with Cigna Group, a Medicare Advantage provider, for allegedly violating the False Claims Act for submitting inaccurate and unsupported diagnosis...

Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award totaling over $18 million to a whistleblower “who provided detailed information and assistance in a CFTC enforcement...

Genomic Health Inc., a clinical diagnostic test supplier, will pay $32.5 million to settle two whistleblowers’ lawsuits filed by Phillips & Cohen LLP and Brown LLC.  The lawsuits allege Genomic...

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice settled False Claims Act (FCA) allegations with Verizon Business Network Services for over $4 million.  The settlement signals an ongoing effort by...