March 13, 2024
Feds Accuse Martin’s Point of Defrauding Military Health Plan
Phillips & Cohen partner Jeffrey Dickstein was quoted in the Portland Press Herald about Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower lawsuit against six healthcare providers that the Department of Justice...
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March 13, 2024
New DOJ Whistleblower Rewards Policy Has Lawyers Gearing Up
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talked to Bloomberg Law’s Ben Penn about the Department of Justice’s new pilot whistleblower awards program and the possibility Foreign Corrupt Practices...
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March 12, 2024
Planned Parenthood Appeal Poses Immunity Risks for Companies
Phillips & Cohen partner Steve Hasegawa spoke to Bloomberg Law about the Planned Parenthood whistleblower Medicaid fraud lawsuit. The Fifth Circuit could “thread a needle” and determine that...
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February 06, 2024
“FinCEN Pressured to Implement Anti-Money-Laundering, Sanctions Whistleblower Program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talked to The Wall Street Journal about FinCEN’s anti-money laundering whistleblower program and the agency’s lack of enforcement resources. “FinCEN’s...
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January 10, 2024
“Attys Want These 3 Changes to IRS Whistleblower Program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Edward Arens spoke to Law 360 about necessary changes to the IRS Whistleblower Program. “The agency needs to communicate with whistleblowers on an ongoing basis about...
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December 29, 2023
“Kickbacks, Materiality Were Focus of Biggest FCA Opinions in 2023”
Bloomberg Law reports on the False Claims Act litigation landscape in 2023, talking with Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie. The article reads: “An FCA defendant’s continued payments...
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November 09, 2023
“Calif. Retailer, Co-Founder Settle Customs Duty Fraud Suit”
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 &...
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June 26, 2023
Polanksy dissent shouldn’t get defense bar’s hopes up
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie talked to Bloomberg Law on the Supreme Court’s decision in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive. Health Resources Inc. and about Justice Thomas’...
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June 20, 2023
“High Court’s FCA Ruling Reopens Constitutionality Question”
P&C partner Stephen Hasegawa comments to Law 360 on the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. “I think almost everybody who practices in...
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June 20, 2023
“Odey scandal prompts Wall Street rethink on how to vet hedge funds”
Whistleblower partner Erika Kelton discusses with Reuters the Odey scandal. In the financial services industry there appears to be “a culture of permissiveness towards predatory and abusive conduct...
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