May 05, 2017
“IRS should use whistleblowers, not collection agencies, to close the tax gap”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton wrote an op-ed in The Hill looking at why the IRS’s decision to once again hire private debt collectors to go after small overdue tax bills is misguided....
March 06, 2017
“Australia needs incentives for whistleblowers”
Letter to the Editor by Sean McKessy in the Australian Financial Review, 3/6/2017 “Critics of a legislative proposal to reward whistleblowers as a way to encourage them to come forward are totally...
January 05, 2017
“Four Important Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program Developments to Watch for in 2017.”
Article by Erika Kelton published in the NYU Compliance & Enforcement Blog, 01/05/17. “2016 was a banner year for the Dodd-Frank Act’s most significant anti-fraud enforcement provisions: the...
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...
July 25, 2016
“LuxLeaks highlights need for whistleblower protection and incentives.”
Article by Erika Kelton published in EurActiv, 7/25/16. “LuxLeaks whistleblower Antoine Deltour received the European Citizen Award in 2015 for his role in exposing how hundreds of corporations...
March 30, 2016
“Opinion: Quebec’s AMF should offer rewards to whistleblowers.”
Article by Stephen S. Hasegawa published in The Montreal Gazette 3/30/16. “Both the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) looked at the same evidence...
January 15, 2016
“Stating a strong case for insurers using state whistleblower laws against fraudsters.”
Article by Peter Budetti and Colette G. Matzzie published in Journal of Insurance Fraud in America, 1/15/16. “For many in the insurance industry, it may seem farfetched to suggest insurance companies...
December 16, 2015
“IRS Whistleblower Program Has More Problems than the GAO Found.”
Article by Edward Arens published in Accounting Today, 12/16/15. “A recent report from the Government Accountability office says that despite whistleblowers’ growing importance to IRS recoveries,...
July 18, 2015
“New strategy, technology emerging in ongoing fight against healthcare fraud.”
Article by Peter Budetti published in Modern Healthcare, 7/18/15. “Healthcare fraud is a seemingly overwhelming problem. Large healthcare companies perpetrate systematic schemes, while corrupt practitioners...
July 17, 2015
“Supreme Court Says No Free Pass for Qui Tam Defendants in False Claims Act Cases.”
Article by Claire Sylvia and Colette Matzzie published on Law.com, 7/17/15. Phillips & Cohen’s Claire Sylvia and Colette Matzzie discuss the Supreme Court’s recent KBR ruling and its impact...