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...
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 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...
August 06, 2014
“The SEC’s Secret Enforcement Weapon: Whistleblowers.”
Article by Stephen Hasegawa published in Private Funds Management, 8/6/14. The Dodd-Frank Act brought greater regulation and greater Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) scrutiny over the private equity...
March 25, 2014
“The lurking risks of hospital-employed physicians: Stark, Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act compliance.”
Article by Peter W. Chatfield published in Healthcare Finance News, 3/25/2014. The federal laws prohibiting hospitals from paying physicians for referrals are not new, but hospitals need to be on notice:...
April 27, 2012
“Can The SEC Be Trusted To Protect A Whistleblower’s Identity?”
Article by Erika A. Kelton published in Forbes, 4/27/12. The whistleblower world and Wall Street are abuzz with the question of whether the Securities and Exchange Commission inadvertently revealed the...