June 17, 2021
When Will The CFTC Get New Leadership?
In Forbes.com, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton asks why the CFTC still doesn’t have a permanent chair and explains why the lack of leadership is a serious problem for the regulator. The...
May 12, 2021
IRS And Whistleblowers: Change Is Needed To Catch Big-Time Tax Cheats
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton argues in her latest for Forbes.com that the IRS must better incorporate whistleblowers and their information into its enforcement efforts to shrink the estimated...
May 07, 2021
The FCA wants more whistleblowers: Here’s what it should do
In an opinion piece published by FT Adviser, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton calls for the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to take steps to build trust with whistleblowers and provide...
April 27, 2021
FCA Whistleblower Retaliation Ruling Raises Stakes for Employers
Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys Claire Sylvia and Emily Stabile analyze a Sixth Circuit Court ruling in a whistleblower retaliation case that could have implications for whistleblowers and...
March 22, 2021
What Is Missing From Purdue Pharma’s Audacious, Proposed Bankruptcy Plan
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton suggests four additional approaches to fix Purdue Pharma’s “woefully inadequate” proposed bankruptcy and restructuring settlement plan in an...
February 18, 2021
SEC Moves Signal More Aggressive Enforcement Under Biden
In an article for Forbes.com, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton says that changes at the SEC will energize enforcement and help whistleblower cases. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement...
February 03, 2021
“Illinois Supreme Court ruling in whistleblower case is victory for insurance fraud fight”
In an analysis of an Illinois court ruling in a qui tam matter, Phillips & Cohen associate Emily Stabile explains why the case could be a landmark for future whistleblower litigation, while making...
January 15, 2021
SEC’s Whistleblower Program: What Every Company Needs to Know
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, provides a primer on the SEC’s whistleblower program in a New York Law Journal article co-authored...
January 14, 2021
“How I.R.S. Can Tighten the Tax Gap”
In a letter published in The New York Times, Phillips & Cohen partner Edward Arens advocates for greater use of whistleblowers by the IRS to improve tax code enforcement. To the Editor: Re “How I.R.S....
December 22, 2020
The SEC fires a warning shot about COVID-19 disclosures
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton explains the importance of the recent SEC enforcement action against Cheesecake Factory in an article for Accounting Today. The recent settlement that Cheesecake...