November 19, 2020
SEC Chair Clayton Set Course for Democrats on Crypto, Covid-19
With SEC Chairman Jay Clayton resigning by year’s end, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton expresses to Bloomberg Law an optimistic take on the future of the SEC whistleblower program under...
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October 23, 2020
“SEC Whistleblower Program Awards Tipster a Record $114 Million”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton underscores the unprecedented magnitude of the SEC’s record $114 million whistleblower award in The Wall Street Journal. The award set a record for the SEC’s...
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October 23, 2020
“SEC Redefines Blockbuster With $114M Whistleblower Award”
For Law360, Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy places the SEC’s record-breaking $114 million whistleblower award in the context of recently adopted SEC rule changes. The bounty came just weeks...
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October 07, 2020
“Increased award volume breathes new life into SEC whistleblower program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, provides insights into how the SEC has been able to make a record number of whistleblower awards this...
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October 05, 2020
“The Evolving Debate Over The Government’s Dismissal Authority Under The False Claims Act”
Does the Department of Justice have the authority under the False Claims Act to dismiss qui tam lawsuits without providing justification for doing so? Phillips & Cohen partner Claire Sylvia looks at...
October 01, 2020
“Physicians Misjudge a Terminal Patient’s Life Span: Is It Fraud?”
Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield provides the whistleblower’s perspective in a Medscape article about healthcare fraud in hospice care. On the whistleblower side, attorneys will continue...
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September 28, 2020
“Linde agrees to $22.8m settlement of whistleblower lawsuit”
Phillips & Cohen partner Steve Hasegawa frames the significance of Linde GmbH’s $22.8 million settlement of the firm’s qui tam lawsuit alleging customs fraud in a story by gasworld. “When companies...
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September 23, 2020
“‘A Sleight of Hand’: Whistleblower Lawyers Recoil at SEC’s New Rules”
The National Law Journal quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy in its coverage of the SEC’s adoption of new whistleblower program rules and the SEC’s decision that it may reduce whistleblower...
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September 23, 2020
“Whistleblower advocates up in arms over changes to SEC program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy condemns recently adopted changes to the SEC whistleblower program in a Compliance Week article examining the response to the program’s new rules. Sean McKessy,...
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September 23, 2020
“Divided SEC approves new whistleblower award rules”
Bloomberg Law cites the views of Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, on how the SEC’s newly adopted whistleblower program rule changes...
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